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| Bonnie 2005-05-18, 11:47 am |
| What is the criteria for getting on a transplant list?
Bonnie
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| Larry Krzewinski 2005-05-18, 11:47 am |
| On Mon, 09 May 2005 22:22:32 GMT, "Bonnie" <b4dawn@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>What is the criteria for getting on a transplant list?
In the US a referral from a nephrologist is usually required plus full
physical, including a treadmill heart evaluation and blood work up.
There is often a psychological evaluation done as well. You must also
prove that you are able to pay for the transplant and follow up care
including lifetime ability to pay for immunosuppressant drugs.
Different transplant centers use slightly different criteria. You
should consult your nephrologist as to exactly what the criteria is in
your area.
You must also have ESRD or be close to needing dialysis to stay alive.
Larry
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| Larry Krzewinski 2005-05-18, 11:47 am |
| On Tue, 10 May 2005 16:31:29 GMT, "Bonnie" <b4dawn@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>Thank you.
>What is ESRD?
End Stage Renal Disease or in layman's terms, kidney failure.
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| Belinda 2005-06-16, 8:55 am |
| UK patients - please appreciate the NHS and don't follow the media who are
always saying how bad it is! To have huge financial worries on top of health
problems has got to be bad for your health.
Since Labour have been in goverment I have definitely seen improvements in
the NHS and long may they continue.
Do Americans have to rely on charity if a person can't afford the treatment?
Or is it worse than that??
I'm interested in knowing how other nations deal with health costs. Is the
UK the only country with a national health service?
Belinda
"Larry Krzewinski" <Feerless_Freep@madmagazine.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 09 May 2005 22:22:32 GMT, "Bonnie" <b4dawn@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
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> In the US a referral from a nephrologist is usually required plus full
> physical, including a treadmill heart evaluation and blood work up.
> There is often a psychological evaluation done as well. You must also
> prove that you are able to pay for the transplant and follow up care
> including lifetime ability to pay for immunosuppressant drugs.
> Different transplant centers use slightly different criteria. You
> should consult your nephrologist as to exactly what the criteria is in
> your area.
>
> You must also have ESRD or be close to needing dialysis to stay alive.
>
> Larry
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| Tom Gower 2005-06-16, 11:51 am |
| Hi Belinda, All patients on dialysis are covered under a
government program called Medicare. The government pays the expense of
treatments. If you have health insurance with your employer, then there
is a cooperative between your own health insurance and the government
program.......That's the best way i can explain it. Hope it helps. If I
got it wrong, someone please help me out,
It's not how many times we have tried and failed that matter, but
whether we tried at all.
TOM G
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| Judanne 2005-06-27, 10:04 am |
| Nope, Australia has it too.
Judanne
Tasmania
"Belinda" <donotuse@rl.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:d8rhka$seh$1@blackmamba.itd.rl.ac.uk...
> UK patients - please appreciate the NHS and don't follow the media who are
> always saying how bad it is! To have huge financial worries on top of
> health problems has got to be bad for your health.
> Since Labour have been in goverment I have definitely seen improvements in
> the NHS and long may they continue.
> Do Americans have to rely on charity if a person can't afford the
> treatment? Or is it worse than that??
> I'm interested in knowing how other nations deal with health costs. Is the
> UK the only country with a national health service?
> Belinda
>
> "Larry Krzewinski" <Feerless_Freep@madmagazine.com> wrote in message
> news:grqv711lbne85csnh94eud4fmo5fjisf66@4ax.com...
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