title: OPTN/SRTR 2013 Annual Data Report: economics.
abstract: While the costs to Medicare of solid organ transplant are varied and considerable, the total Medicare expenditure of $4.4 billion for solid organ transplant recipients was less than 1 remains one of the most cost-effective surgical interventions in medicine. Heart transplant, the most expensive of the major transplants, is likely cost-effective; SRTR has released an Excel-based tool for investigators to use in exploring this question further. It is likely that most solid organ transplants are cost-effective, given the results presented here and the relatively high cost of heart transplant. However, this must be verified with further study.
authors.affiliation: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; Center for Outcomes Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schnitzler
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Skeans
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Axelrod
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lentine
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Tuttle-Newhall
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Israni
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Kasiske
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000847:Annual Reports as Topic; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Costs and cost analysis; Medicare; cost-benefit analysis; health expenditures