Estimating the Patient's Price of Privacy in Liver Transplantation

In the United States, patients with end-stage liver disease must join a waiting list to be eligible for cadaveric liver transplantation. Due to privacy concerns, the details of the composition of this waiting list are not publicly available. This paper considers the benefits associated with creating...

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Published in:	Operations research Vol. 56; no. 6; pp. 1393 - 1410
Main Authors:	Sandikci, Burhaneddin, Maillart, Lisa M, Schaefer, Andrew J, Alagoz, Oguzhan, Roberts, Mark S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Linthicum INFORMS 01.11.2008 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Subjects:	Age groups Analysis applications Blood groups Decision analysis Disease models dynamic programming/optimal control Economic aspects Geography health care Hospitals Human organs Kidneys Life expectancy Liver Liver diseases Liver transplantation Liver transplants Markov Markov analysis Markov processes Medical waiting lists Modeling Operations research Optimal policy Patients Privacy Studies Surgeons Transition probabilities Transplantation Transplants & implants treatment Waiting lists United States United States > US
ISSN:	0030-364X, 1526-5463
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