Articles tagged "Economics"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Use of an Ideal Body Weight-Based Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Dosing Protocol in Kidney Transplant Recipients to Decrease Cost and Maintain Outcomes at a Large Academic Medical Center
L. J. Myhre¹, R. J. Bubik¹, K. T. Peterson¹, H. A. Personett¹, S. A. Crow¹, P. G. Dean²
¹Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: This quality improvement study sought to assess if rejection post-transplant was increased following implementation of an ideal body weight (IBW)-based dosing protocol for patients…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Continuous Distribution: LSAM Simulation Study
T. Weaver¹, N. Salkowski¹, J. Snyder¹, D. Schladt¹, J. Pyke¹, A. Herreid¹, B. Thompson¹, W. Kim², J. Lake³, A. Israni¹
¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ²Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, ³Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: This liver simulated allocation model (LSAM) study of a simple continuous distribution system for several parameter values introduces and describes its characteristics, demonstrating how…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Case Scheduling on Hospital Cost and Length of Stay in Living Donor Kidney Recipients
J. Yu¹, L. A. Dageforde², M. B. Doyle¹, A. S. Khan¹, W. C. Chapman¹, Y. Lin¹, S. Shenoy¹, T. Alhamad³, T. A. Horwedel⁴, J. R. Wellen¹
¹Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ²Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ⁴Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: In an effort to optimize patient care and cost efficiency, we investigated if living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) recipients incurred any difference in hospital…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Is Kidney Transplantation Actually a Cost-Effective Alternative Also for Older Patients?
K. Heldal¹, K. Lønning², V. Tsarpali¹, K. Midtvedt²
¹Clinic of Internal Medicine, Telemark Hospital Trust, Skien, Norway, ²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
*Purpose: We aimed to study the health economic effects of kidney transplantation in a population of kidney transplant candidates > 65 years of age.*Methods: We…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Limited Accessibility of Kidney Transplantation in Rural Residents: A Nationwide Data of South Korea
J. Kim¹, K. Park¹, S. Park¹, M. Yu², Y. Kim¹, J. Jeong¹, K. Kim¹, M. Park³, H. Lee¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, ³Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the best modality of renal replacement therapy (RRT) for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). It is suggested that KT…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Preemptive Therapy is Cost Effective When Compared to Prophylaxis in Cytomegalovirus Donor Positive – Recipient Negative Liver Transplant Recipients
M. M. Wagener¹, D. J. Winston², R. R. Razonable³, G. M. Lyon III⁴, F. P. Silveira⁵, A. P. Limaye⁶, N. Singh¹
¹ID, U Pittsburgh and VAPHS, Pittsburgh, PA, ²ID, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³ID, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴ID, Emory, Atlanta, GA, ⁵ID, U Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶ID, U Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: To compare the cost effectiveness of preemptive therapy (PET) vs prophylaxis for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in high-risk donor seropositive/recipient seronegative (D+R-) liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Changing Paradigm of Ethics in Uterus Transplantation: A Systematic Review
L. M. Ngaage¹, S. Ike², A. Elegbede³, S. Gebran⁴, C. J. Vercler⁵, F. Liang⁴, E. M. Rada¹, C. Cooney³, R. J. Redett³, Y. M. Rasko¹
¹Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²London North West University Healthcare Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital / University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Plastic Surgery Section, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: The first uterus transplantation (UTx) was performed in 2000 and sparked ethical debate. As key milestones are reached (successful human UTx in 2011, and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Economic Burden of Graft Failure in the United States
J. A. Sussell¹, A. R. Silverstein¹, P. Goutam¹, D. Incerti¹, R. Kee¹, D. S. Batty, Jr.², C. X. Chen², J. Jansen¹, B. L. Kasiske³
¹Precision Health Economics, Oakland, CA, ²Medeor Therapeutics, South San Francisco, CA, ³Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Despite recent advances, graft failure imposes a substantial burden on kidney transplant recipients. This study is the first to quantify this burden in economic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Listing for Kidney Transplantation in LMICs: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study in Brazil
Y. Yu¹, G. Ferreira², A. Saha¹, M. Henderson¹, D. Segev¹, J. Bastos², V. Colares², A. Massie¹
¹Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Santa Casa de Misericordia de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
*Purpose: Incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but citizens of LMICs face barriers to transplantation that are…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Economic Impact of Donor Hepatitis C Kidney Transplantation: A Medicare Cost Analysis
K. Lentine¹, M. Schnitzler², T. Alhamad³, H. Xiao², H. Randall², J. Wellen², B. Kasiske⁴, G. Hess⁵, D. Axelrod⁶
¹Saint Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, ²Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis, MO, ³Washington Univ, St. Louis, MO, ⁴SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: In the era of highly effective direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs), kidney transplant (KT) from Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive donors is increasingly considered as an…

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