A commercial transplant network's perspective of value in solid organ transplantation: Strategizing for value in transplant care

Solid organ transplantation has been an area of great interest to commercial payers ever since it moved into mainstream medical care beginning in the 1980's. Over the years a system of evaluating transplant program performance based on volume and one year graft and patient survival has developed. While this system has served its purpose, there is an increasing realization from payers that a need exists for a more sophisticated way to evaluate quality and cost-effectiveness of these complex procedures.
Source: Transplantation Reviews - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Source Type: research