Articles tagged "Economics"

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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Economic Evaluation of Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly Stratified by Donor Quality
M. Kadatz¹, S. Klarenbach², J. S. Gill¹, J. Gill¹
¹Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: The cost-effectiveness of kidney transplantation in the elderly in recipients of a kidney with a high kidney donor profile index (KDPI) is unknown. In…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Increasing Financial Challenge of Liver Transplantation
D. Axelrod¹, S. Hohmann², K. Lentine³, H. Xiao³, B. Kasiske⁴, J. Snyder⁴, M. Ostrander⁵, M. Schnitzler³
¹Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²Vizient Inc, Chicago, IL, ³Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis, MO, ⁴SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Visient, Inc., Minneapolis, IA
*Purpose: Despite innovations in clinical care, liver transplant (LT) remains highly resource intensive due to medical complexity and organ quality. National allocation systems prioritize access…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Costs In Contemporary Transplant Practice
M. Wyld, T. Ying, K. Wyburn, S. Chadban
Renal Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia
*Purpose: The cost of kidney transplantation, in the context of increasing immunological and medical complexity and higher donor and recipient age, remains uncertain. In 2009,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Clinical & Economic Impact Of Allosensitization In Liver Alone And Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation
M. Askar¹, G. Saracino¹, A. Elsabbagh², J. Fung³, T. Srinivas⁴, S. Flechner⁵, J. Trotter¹, G. Testa¹, B. Kaplan⁶, G. Klintmalm¹, J. Schold⁵, S. Asrani¹
¹Transplant Center, Baylor Scott & White, Dallas, TX, ²St. Vincent Health, Indianapolis, IN, ³University of Chicago Medicine, Chigao, IL, ⁴Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Transplant Center, Baylor Scott & White, Temple, TX
*Purpose: Allosensitization is thought to have marginal impact among patients that undergo liver transplantation (LTA); further among simultaneous liver kidney transplantation (SLKT), livers may protect…

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