Factors Influencing Waiting Time and Successful Receipt of Cadaveric Liver Transplant in the United States 1990 to 1992

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-294

  Klassen, Ann C ^a   Klassen, David K ^b   Brookmeyer, Ron ^a   Frank, Richard G ^c   Marconi, Katherine ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Liver transplantation; Organ distribution

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETREATMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETREATMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0032010918     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199803000-00006     Document Type: Article

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