Geographic inequity in access to livers for transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-486

  Yeh, Heidi ^a   Smoot, Elizabeth ^a   Schoenfeld, David A ^a   Markmann, James F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Geographic variation; Listings per capita; Liver transplantation; Organ demand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONATION SERVICE AREA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INEQUITY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; ORGAN AVAILABILITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79951671002     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182066275     Document Type: Article

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