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National Survey of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Center Personnel, Infrastructure, and Models of Care Delivery. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015 Jul;21(7):1308-14

Date

04/04/2015

Pubmed ID

25840337

Pubmed Central ID

PMC4466059

DOI

10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.03.020

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84930571638 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   53 Citations

Abstract

Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a complex procedure that requires availability of adequate infrastructure, personnel, and resources at transplantation centers. We conducted a national survey of transplantation centers in the United States to obtain data on their personnel, infrastructure, and care delivery models. A 42-item web-based survey was administered to medical directors of transplantation centers in the United States that reported any allogeneic HCT to the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research in 2011. The response rate for the survey was 79% for adult programs (85 of 108 centers) and 82% for pediatric programs (54 of 66 centers). For describing results, we categorized centers into groups with similar volumes based on 2010 total HCT activity (adult centers, 9 categories; pediatric centers, 6 categories). We observed considerable variation in available resources, infrastructure, personnel, and care delivery models among adult and pediatric transplantation centers. Characteristics varied substantially among centers with comparable transplantation volumes. Transplantation centers may find these data helpful in assessing their present capacity and use them to evaluate potential resource needs for personnel, infrastructure, and care delivery and in planning for growth.

Author List

Majhail NS, Mau LW, Chitphakdithai P, Payton T, Eckrich M, Joffe S, Lee SJ, LeMaistre CF, LeRademacher J, Loberiza F, Logan B, Parsons SK, Repaczki-Jones R, Robinett P, Rizzo JD, Murphy E, Denzen EM

Authors

Brent R. Logan PhD Director, Professor in the Data Science Institute department at Medical College of Wisconsin
J. Douglas Rizzo MD, MS Director, Center Associate Director, Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Academic Medical Centers
Adult
Child
Delivery of Health Care
Health Care Surveys
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Hospital Units
Humans