The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 123, Issue 3 , Pages 411-420, March 2002

An economic evaluation of lung transplantation☆☆☆★★★♢♢♢

Department of Economics, City University, London and the UK Cardiothoracic Transplant Audit, Clinical Effectiveness Unit, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, United Kingdom

Received 14 May 2001; received in revised form 22 June 2001 and 13 July 2001; accepted 23 July 2001.

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☆ Funded by the Department of Health.

☆☆ The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily of the Department of Health. This research forms part of Master of Science dissertation by A.C.A. accepted by City University, London.

★ Read at the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, Calif, May 6-9, 2001.

★★ Address for reprints: A. J. Murday, MA, MS, FRCS, Director of Intrathoracic Transplantation, Scottish Cardiopulmonary Transplant Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Alexander Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, United Kingdom (E-mail: andrew.murday@btinternet.com ).

♢ J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

♢♢ *Bavaria JE, Kotloff R, Palevsky H, Rosengard B, Roberts JR, Wahl PM, et al. Bilateral versus single lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 1997;113:520-7.

PII: S0022-5223(02)11843-5

doi:10.1067/mtc.2002.120342

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