Editorial: In pursuit of the ideal liver-allocation model

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 799-801

  Freeman Jr , Richard B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSPLANTATION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0036712058     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.35174     Document Type: Article

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