The impact of insurance type on listing status and wait‐list mortality of patients with left ventricular assist devices as bridge to transplantation

Abstract Aims Adequate health insurance coverage is necessary for heart transplantation (HT) candidates. Prior studies have suggested inferior outcomes post HT with public health insurance. We sought to evaluate the effects of insurance type on transplantation rates, listing status and mortality pri...

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Main Authors: Alexandros Briasoulis, Emmanuel Akintoye, Chakradhari Inampudi, Aziz Hammoud, Paulino Alvarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-06-01
Series:ESC Heart Failure
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12655
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