Regional variations in peer reviewed liver allocation under the MELD system

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2244-2247

  Rodriguez Luna, Hector ^a   Vargas, Hugo E ^a   Moss, Adyr ^a   Reddy, Kunam S ^a   Freeman, Richard B ^b   Mulligan, David ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Liver transplantation; MELD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 27844478291     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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