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Researchers study reimbursing living organ donors for out-of-pocket expenses
11-14-2006 · EurekAlert!In an effort to close the gap between organ supply and demand, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, the University of Michigan and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons are studying ways to reimburse living donors for some of their out-of-pocket expenses when they choose to donate an organ.
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