A Payer's Perspective: A Comparison and Simulation of the Costs of Hemodialysis Versus Living Donor Kidney Transplant for Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease in Nigeria
Transpl Int
.
2022 Jul 20:35:10662.
doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10662.
eCollection 2022.
Authors
Jacob J Lang
1
,
Conner V Lombardi
1
,
Iyore A James
2
,
David B Da Rocha-Afodu
1
,
Chimezie G Okwuonu
3
,
Obi O Ekwenna
1
Affiliations
1
Department of Urology and Transplantation, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States.
2
Surgical Specialists of Charlotte, Matthews, NC, United States.
3
Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Unit, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Nigeria.
PMID:
35935273
PMCID:
PMC9348811
DOI:
10.3389/ti.2022.10662
No abstract available
Keywords:
access to transplantation; cost; cost-comparison; dialysis; policies; transplantation.
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic* / surgery
Kidney Transplantation*
Living Donors
Nigeria
Renal Dialysis