Association of distance from a transplant center with access to waitlist placement, receipt of liver transplantation, and survival among US Veterans

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1234-1243

  Goldberg, David S ^a,b,c   French, Benjamin ^b,c   Forde, Kimberly A ^a,b   Groeneveld, Peter W ^c,d   Bittermann, Therese ^a   Backus, Lisa ^e   Halpern, Scott D ^a,b,c   Kaplan, David E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERAN;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84896605680     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.2520     Document Type: Article

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