Offer patterns of nationally placed livers by donation service area

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 404-410

  Lai, Jennifer C ^a   Feng, Sandy ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Roberts, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DONOR SERVICE AREA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DEATH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGAN DONOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84875693418     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23604     Document Type: Article

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