The new liver allocation system: Moving toward evidence-based transplantation policy

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 851-858

  Freeman Jr , Richard B ^a   Wiesner, Russell H ^b   Harper, Ann ^c   McDiarmid, Sue V ^d   Lake, Jack ^e   Edwards, Erick ^c   Merion, Robert ^f,h   Wolfe, Robert ^g,h   Turcotte, Jeremiah ^f   Teperman, Lewis ⁱ  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0036714685     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.35927     Document Type: Article

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