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SUBMITTER: Gratwohl A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4703735 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gratwohl Alois A Sureda Anna A Baldomero Helen H Gratwohl Michael M Dreger Peter P Kröger Nicolaus N Ljungman Per P McGrath Eoin E Mohty Mohamad M Nagler Arnon A Rambaldi Alessandro A de Elvira Carmen Ruiz CR Snowden John A JA Passweg Jakob J Apperley Jane J Niederwieser Dietger D Stijnen Theo T Brand Ronald R
EBioMedicine 20151119 12
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a lifesaving expensive medical procedure. Hence, more transplants are performed in more affluent countries. The impact of economic factors on patient outcome is less defined. We analyzed retrospectively a defined cohort of 102,549 patients treated with an allogeneic (N = 37,542; 37%) or autologous (N = 65,007; 63%) HSCT. They were transplanted by one of 404 HSCT centers in 25 European countries between 1999 and 2006. We searched for associations ...[more]