Liver allocation and distribution: Possible next steps

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1005-1012

  Washburn, Kenneth ^a   Pomfret, Elizabeth ^b   Roberts, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CADAVER LIVER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CADAVER; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 80052002472     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22349     Document Type: Article

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