Racial disparities in liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 842-843

  Gibbons, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREJUDICE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242747588     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20173     Document Type: Editorial

References (3)

1. Gibbons R.D. Duan N. Meltzer D. et al. Waiting for Organ Transplantation: Results of an analysis by an Institute of Medicine Committee. Biostatistics 2003;4:207-222.
2. Institute of Medicine. Organ Procurement and Transplantation: Assessing Current Policies and the Potential Impact of the DHHS Final Rule. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1999.
3. Merion R.M. Schaubel D.E. Dykstra D.M. Freeman R.B. Jr. Port F.K. Wolfe R.A. The survival benefit of liver transplantation [abstract]. Am J Transplant. In press 2004.