Organ Transplant: The Debate over Who, How, and WhyGallant, Jennifer J
The financial burden of an organ transplant is significant and presents an additional barrier to care. TheNational Foundation for Transplantsestimates that the overall costs of a heart transplant are $1,382,400. On average, patients must cover at least 20% of transplant costs, ra...
Organ transplants are one option when a particular organ is failing.Kidney failure, heart disease,lung diseaseandcirrhosis of the liverare all conditions that might be effectively treated by a transplant. For problems with the heart, the lungs and other highly sensitive organs, a transplant is ty...
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Risk managers must consider appropriate strategies to help companies better handle the financial and legal aspects of their employee health benefit plans related to organ and bone marrow transplant coverage. Companies can select to totally or partially self-insure, use network or stop-loss coverage or...
t overreact and attack self-antigens or other non-threatening signals. Dysfunction with these types of cells can lead to autoimmune disease. Research has indicated that modulating the function of Tregs could be very useful for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, cancer, and organ transplant ...
What Is Alcoholic Hepatitis? It’s a serious condition that affects people who are, or used to be, heavy drinkers. It can cause short- or long-termliverdamage. Theliveris the largest organ in the body, and it removes poisons such as alcohol from theblood. When it’s damaged by decades...
Parents of pediatric solid organ transplant recipients and the transition from hospital to home following transplant. Pediatr Transplantation 2011: 15: 606616. 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.Abstract: Poor discharge transition is evidence of a gap between evidence-based practices and current health care...