What liver transplant outcomes can be expected in the uninsured who become insured via the affordable care act?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1533-1540

  Glueckert, L N ^a   Redden, D ^b   Thompson, M A ^a   Haque, A ^b   Gray, S H ^c   Locke, J ^c   Eckhoff, D E ^c   Fouad, M ^b   Dubay, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; insurance; liver transplant; socioeconomic status; survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878489535     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12244     Document Type: Article

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