The sickest first? Disparities with model for end-stage liver disease-based organ allocation: One region's experience

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1211-1215

  Schaffer III, Randolph L ^a   Kulkarni, Sanjay ^a   Harper, Ann ^b   Millis, J Michael ^a   Cronin II, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MORTALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0242708682     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50192     Document Type: Article

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