Geographic disparities in access to lung transplantation before and after implementation of the lung allocation score

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3085-3093

  Thabut, G ^a,b   Munson, J ^c,d   Haynes, K ^e   Harhay, M O ^e   Christie, J D ^e   Halpern, S D ^e  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; ethics; lung allocation score; lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG ALLOCATION SCORE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868211032     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04202.x     Document Type: Article

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