Addressing geographic disparities in liver transplantation through redistricting

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2052-2058

  Gentry, S E ^a,b,c   Massie, A B ^a,d   Cheek, S W ^b   Lentine, K L ^e   Chow, E H ^a   Wickliffe, C E ^a   Dzebashvili, N ^e   Salvalaggio, P R ^f   Schnitzler, M A ^e   Axelrod, D A ^g   Segev, D L ^a,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^f POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^g DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Broader sharing; geographic disparities; liver allocation; Liver Simulated Allocation Model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BROADER SHARING; GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES; LIVER ALLOCATION; LIVER SIMULATED ALLOCATION MODEL;

END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84881377599     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12301     Document Type: Article

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