Racial and economic disparities in transplant outcomes: The not-so-hidden morbidities

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-6

  Shemesh, Eyal ^a   Kleinman, Lawrence C ^a   Howell, Elizabeth A ^a   Annunziato, Rachel ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFESPAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 84896528161     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23801     Document Type: Review

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