A statewide, population-based, time series analysis of access to liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-262

  Tuttle Newhall, Janet E ^a   Rutledge, Robert ^a   Johnson, Mark ^a   Fair, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0030943187     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199701270-00014     Document Type: Article

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