Greater travel time to a liver transplant center does not adversely affect clinical outcomes

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-24

  Firozvi, Amir A ^a   Lee, Christine H ^a   Hayashi, Paul H ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME; TRAVEL TIME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 38649117947     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21279     Document Type: Article

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