Preliminary results of a liver allocation plan using a continuous medical severity score that de-emphasizes waiting time

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-178

  Freeman, Richard B ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Rohrer, Richard J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Katz, Eliezer ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Lewis, W David ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Jenkins, Roger ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Cosimi, A Benedict ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Delmonico, Francis ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Friedman, Amy ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Lorber, Marc ^a,b,c,d,e,f   O'Connor, Kevin ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Bradley, James ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f New England Organ Bank   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PEER REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17744370497     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2001.22180     Document Type: Article

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