noun, Nutrition. 1. a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
The average cost of a kidney transplant is $32,000 for the transplant surgery and $25,000 per year post-surgery to care for the patient and ensure the transplant is not rejected. 53% of the total annual transplant cost in the United States is absorbed through the Medicare budget.
Taxpayers spend more than $20 billion a year to care for those on dialysisâabout $77,000 per patient, more, by some accounts, than any other nation. Yet the United States continues to have one of the industrialized worldâs highest mortality rates for dialysis care.