title: Cross border shopping: how much for your heart?
abstract: No one has described the fiscal disparity that arises as a result of Canada/United States (US) cross border organ transactions. Canadian healthcare cannot continue to subsidize US transplant programs while paying their inflated organ acquisition fees. Canadian hospitals should bill US transplant programs for all costs associated with procuring organs.
authors.affiliation: The Hospital for Sick Children. david.edgell@sickkids.ca
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Edgell
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dipchand
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States