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Articles tagged "Economics"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Improving DRG Based Reimbursement to Reflect Complexity of Kidney Transplant

    I. R. Schwantes1, M. Schnitzler2, K. Lentine2, A. Reed1, D. A. Axelrod3

    1Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 3Surgery, Universtiy of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

    *Purpose: More than 90,000 individuals await a kidney transplant (KTx) in the US, yet up to 20% of recovered kidneys are discarded. Organ Transplant Centers…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Healthcare Utilization and Costs of Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Hepatitis

    G. Im1, A. Vogel1, S. S. Florman2, S. Aqui3, L. Kim-Schluger1, T. Schiano1

    1Medicine, Liver Diseases, Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, RMTI, New York, NY, 2Surgery, Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, RMTI, New York, NY, 3Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, RMTI, New York, NY

    *Purpose: To determine the healthcare utilization and costs of a liver transplantation (LT) for severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH) program.*Methods: We performed a retrospective healthcare utilization…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Economic Impact of HCV D+/R- Kidney Transplantation

    S. Meade1, M. A. Simpson2, E. D. Walshe1, M. E. Akoad2, F. D. Gordon2

    1Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, 2Transplantation, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA

    *Purpose: In September 2018, we began offering carefully screened kidney transplant candidates the opportunity for transplantation with kidneys from hepatitis C (HCV) positive deceased donors.…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Financial Concerns of Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors – How Can We Improve the Donation Process?

    A. Maghen1, G. Mendoza1, G. B. Vargas1, S. E. Connor1, S. Nassiri1, L. Kwan1, E. L. Wood1, J. Lalezari1, S. Friedman1, A. D. Waterman2, S. George3, S. L. Maliski4, J. L. Veale1

    1Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 3Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, 4Office of the Dean, University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS

    *Purpose: The recent increase in non-directed (altruistic) kidney donors (NDDs) in the United States (U.S.) suggests their potential to help reduce the overburdened kidney transplant…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Telehealth Medicine: A Novel Tool to Make Living Donation Simple and Financially Neutral

    A. Yadav, M. Cantarin Martinez, P. Singh

    Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Live kidney donation can be an overwhelming process even for the highly motivated individuals. Live donors may have to spend up to $5000 for…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Association between Area-Level Measures of Deprivation and Readiness to Pursue Living Donor Kidney Transplant

    M. A. Saqib, A. Li, J. Hussain, Q. Wang, N. El-Dassouki, A. Dychiao, L. Angarso, N. Edwards, M. Novak, I. Mucsi

    University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: This study aims to assess if material deprivation is associated with readiness to pursue living donor kidney transplant (LDKT)*Methods: A cross-sectional sample of adults…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Importance of Annual Medicare Part D Plan Evaluation in Heart Transplantation

    L. M. Lourenco

    Pharmacy Services, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *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…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Identifying a Clinically Relevant Cut-Off for Height That is Associated with a Higher Risk of Waitlist Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates

    J. Ge, J. C. Lai

    University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    *Purpose: We have previously demonstrated that candidate height explains a substantial proportion of sex-based disparity in waitlist (WL) mortality among liver transplant (LT) candidates. To…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Oral Ribavirin Therapy for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Lung Transplant Recipients: The Impact of Policy Implementation on Cost and Appropriate Use

    B. Berak, N. Sulejmani, A. Jantz, T. Larson, S. Davis, B. Summers

    Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: RSV is a leading cause of viral infections in lung transplant recipients and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While the role of…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Predicting Post Liver Transplant 30-Day Readmission Using Deep Neural Network Model

    S. K. Niazi1, H. O. Park2, R. E. Carter3, A. Keaveny4, T. Schneekloth5, A. Spaulding6, D. Harnois4, P. F. Moreno-Franco7, E. Vargas6, T. Rummans1, C. Taner7

    1Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 2Enterprise Analytics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 4GI & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 5Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 6Health Services Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 7Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

    *Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) is a complex, expensive process and requires multidisciplinary care. A significant portion of the estimated $735,000 LT cost can be attributed…
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