Shortened length of stay improves financial outcomes in living donor kidney transplantation

Int J Angiol. 2013 Jun;22(2):101-4. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1334139.

Abstract

Kidney transplantation is the preferred clinical and most cost-effective option for end-stage renal disease. Significant advances have taken place in the care of the transplant patients with improvements in clinical outcomes. The optimization of the costs of transplantation has been a constant goal as well. We present herein the impact in financial outcomes of a shortened length of stay after kidney transplant.

Keywords: arithmetic analysis; economic outcomes; kidney transplantation; postoperative protocols; transplant outcomes.