Geographic disparities in deceased donor liver transplantation within a single UNOS region

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 747-751

  Barshes, Neal R ^a   Becker, Natasha S ^a   Washburn, W Kenneth ^b   Halff, Glenn A ^b   Alola, Thomas A ^a   Goss, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

CADAVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34249069805     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21158     Document Type: Article

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