Outpatient Housing following Kidney Transplantation

Abstract

Journal of Transplant Coordination, Vol. 9, Number 3, September 1999 The desire to reduce the costs of this transplant center’s organ transplant programs prompted a review of major factors influencing expenditures in 1995. Each transplant program, including bone marrow, heart, kidney, liver, lung, and pancreas, was evaluated. Outcomes, costs (mean and median), and LOS were benchmarked with other university hospitals, with the use of University Health System Consortium (UHC) data and Medicare data where applicable. The clinical outcomes of all organ transplant programs at this center met or exceeded national averages.1 Based on the use of UHC data, the costs of providing care were consistently below other university programs reporting data in the survey in all programs except bone marrow transplantation. Each program’s LOS was compared to data received from communication with other transplant centers. Although most of the center’s organ transplant programs compared favorably with other centers in the UHC, the reported LOS at this center for both kidney and bone marrow transplant patients was highly variable and often longer than at other centers.