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Transplant center characteristics and clinical outcomes after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: what do we know

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Center effects are differences in outcome among treatment centers that cannot be explained by identifiable differences in patients treated or specific treatments applied and are presumed to result from differences in the ways health care is delivered. This paper will briefly review studies of association between treatment center factors and clinical outcomes in general medicine and surgery and look more closely at studies involving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. We will also attempt to identify conceptual domains to study further the processes and mechanisms that may be associated with better outcomes.

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This study is funded in part by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ-5R03 HS 13046-02), the Medical College of Wisconsin Research Affairs Committee, and National Institutes of Health (NIH 5K23 (A82350-04)).

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  1. International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry, Health Policy Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    F R Loberiza Jr, D S Serna, M M Horowitz & J D Rizzo

  2. Division of Neoplastic Diseases and Related Disorders, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

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Loberiza, F., Serna, D., Horowitz, M. et al. Transplant center characteristics and clinical outcomes after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: what do we know. Bone Marrow Transplant 31, 417–421 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1703873

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