2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Economic Impact of a New IVD Immunoassay (Immunobiogram) for Immunosuppressive Treatment Adjustment in Kidney Transplant Recipients in Spain
*Purpose: Immunobiogram (IMBG) is a new IVD bioassay developed by Biohope SL with the aim to support clinicians in the personalized adjustment of immunosuppressive therapy…2020 American Transplant Congress
Salvaging Discarded Livers with Normothermic Machine Perfusion: Is it Worth the Cost?
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) enables transplantation of discarded grafts with excellent outcomes in clinical trials. The cost of deploying NMP is often cited as…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Importance of Annual Medicare Part D Plan Evaluation
*Purpose: The Medicare open enrollment period is from Oct 15 to Dec 7, annually. The purpose of this project was to objectively measure the benefit…2020 American Transplant Congress
Preferences of Potential Living Kidney Donors on Strategies to Reduce Donation-Related Financial Burden
*Purpose: To identify the severity of financial and employment challenges present for potential living kidney donors and the value of strategies to make kidney donation…2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Ontario Marginalization Index Generated from 3-Digit Postal Code in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: This study validates the 2016 Ontario Marginalization Index (OMI) scores derived from 3-digit postal codes to enable its research use in place of scores…2020 American Transplant Congress
Ethical Considerations and Post-Operative Outcomes in Good Samaritan Living Liver Donors: What Motivates Individuals to Donate to Strangers
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Few transplant centers evaluate Good Samaritan living liver donors, secondary to ethical concerns and lack of evidence that the post-operative outcomes are comparable to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Dose Reduction of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin for Kidney Transplant Induction: Possible Cost Savings?
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Based on the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) annual report, there has been an increase in the number of adults ages 65-74 waiting…2020 American Transplant Congress
Anticipated Cost Savings of Using Lungs from Hepatitis C-Positive Lung Donors for Hepatitis C-Negative Recipients
*Purpose: We assessed the cost savings generated by additional organ availability due to utilizing lungs from hepatitis-C infected donors for transplantation in comparison to existing…2020 American Transplant Congress
Tele Health Utilization in Kidney Transplantation Clinic
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
*Purpose: Most of the kidney transplanted (KT) patients are well educated and have been receiving nearly the same medications every visit. In usual OPD care,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Financial Analysis of Donor HCV+ Kidney in HCV- Recipients
*Purpose: Use of organs from viremic hepatitis C positive donors (dHCV+) in recipients without HCV has been demonstrated to improve access to kidney transplant (KTx).…
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