Local access to subspecialty care influences the chance of receiving a liver transplant

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 377-382

  Barritt IV, A Sidney ^a   Telloni, Stephen A ^a   Potter, Clarence W ^b   Gerber, David A ^a   Hayashi, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84875743771     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23588     Document Type: Article

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