Disparity in utilization of combined kidney-liver transplantation in the United States

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 938-942

  Mehta, S D ^a,b   Leehey, D J ^a,b  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Model for end stage liver disease; Orthotopic liver transplantation; United network of organ sharing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71149118954     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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