The Affordable Care Act and access to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation in Medicaid recipients

Transpl Int. 2019 Nov;32(11):1216-1217. doi: 10.1111/tri.13495. Epub 2019 Sep 12.

Authors

J W Awori Hayanga¹, James Fugett¹, Heather K Hayanga¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.

PMID: 31430003
DOI: 10.1111/tri.13495

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / economics*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods*
Health Care Costs
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Lung Transplantation / economics*
Lung Transplantation / methods*
Medicaid / economics*
Middle Aged
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act*
Retrospective Studies
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
United States
Young Adult