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Heart Transplants: Concerns About Cost, Access, and Availability of Donor Organs

HRD-89-61 Published: May 03, 1989. Publicly Released: May 17, 1989.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed heart transplantation issues, focusing on: (1) the number of hospitals performing heart transplants; (2) medical and financial criteria used in selecting transplant candidates; (3) characteristics of recipients; and (4) transplant charges and sources of payment.

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Cardiovascular diseasesEligibility criteriaHealth care costsHealth care programsHealth insuranceHospitalsMedicaidMedical feesMedicareSurgeryOrgan and tissue transplantationOrgan and tissue donation