Results of the first year of the new liver allocation plan

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-15

  Freeman Jr , Richard B ^a   Wiesner, Russell H ^b   Edwards, Erick ^b   Harper, Ann ^b   Merion, Robert ^b   Wolfe, Robert ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0842346309     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20024     Document Type: Article

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