Exception point applications for 15 points: An unintended consequence of the Share 15 policy

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1302-1309

  Bittermann, Therese ^a   Makar, George ^b   Goldberg, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASE; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84868214414     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23537     Document Type: Review

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