Survival after adult liver transplantation does not correlate with transplant center case volume in the MELD era

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2455-2462

  Northup, P G ^a   Pruett, T L ^a   Stukenborg, G J ^b   Berg, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Hospital mortality; Liver transplantation; Organ transplantation; Public policy; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; GRAFT REJECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33748484507     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01501.x     Document Type: Article

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