Following the organ supply: Assessing the benefit of inteR-Dsa travel in liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 361-371

  Dzebisashvili, Nino ^a   Massie, Allan B ^b   Lentine, Krista L ^a   Schnitzler, Mark A ^a   Segev, Dorry ^b   Tuttle Newhall, Janet ^a   Gentry, Sommer ^c   Freeman, Richard ^d   Axelrod, David A ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation policy; Geographic variation; Healthcare disparities; Liver transplantation; MELD.; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP O; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTER DONATION SERVICE AREA TRAVEL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAVEL;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872947801     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182737cfb     Document Type: Article

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