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. 2015 Jan:15 Suppl 2:1-24.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.13201.

OPTN/SRTR 2013 Annual Data Report: economics

M A Schnitzler  1 , M A Skeans, D A Axelrod, K L Lentine, J E Tuttle-Newhall, J J Snyder, A K Israni, B L Kasiske
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OPTN/SRTR 2013 Annual Data Report: economics

M A Schnitzler et al. Am J Transplant. 2015 Jan.
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Abstract

While the costs to Medicare of solid organ transplant are varied and considerable, the total Medicare expenditure of $4.4 billion for solid organ transplant recipients was less than 1 remains one of the most cost-effective surgical interventions in medicine. Heart transplant, the most expensive of the major transplants, is likely cost-effective; SRTR has released an Excel-based tool for investigators to use in exploring this question further. It is likely that most solid organ transplants are cost-effective, given the results presented here and the relatively high cost of heart transplant. However, this must be verified with further study.

Keywords: Costs and cost analysis; Medicare; cost-benefit analysis; health expenditures.

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