Redrawing organ distribution boundaries: Results of a computer-simulated analysis for liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 659-666

  Freeman, Richard B ^a   Harper, Ann M ^b   Edwards, Erick B ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0036023924     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.34385     Document Type: Article

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