Report of Center-Specific Graft and Patient Survival Rates, 1991. User's Guide

摘要

The User's Guide describes for potential transplant patients and other interestedparties how they can interpret and use the transplant center survival rate data in the Report. The Report contains sophisticated statistical analysis whose meaning is not easily understandable without guidance to it. The User's Guide defines for the non-statistical reader the elements of the analysis; shows how the data is presented; and offers suggestions on where else information can be sought for the purpose of choosing a transplant center. It also includes an appendix if the reader wants a slightly more detailed description of how the survival rates were calculated.