Liver sharing and organ procurement organization performance

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 293-299

  Gentry, Sommer E ^a,b   Chow, Eric K H ^a   Massie, Allan ^a,c   Luo, Xun ^a   Zaun, David ^d   Snyder, Jon J ^d,e   Israni, Ajay K ^d,e,f   Kasiske, Bert ^d,f   Segev, Dorry L ^a,c  

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

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

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

^d MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84923529724     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.24074     Document Type: Article

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