Liver sharing and organ procurement organization performance under redistricted allocation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1031-1039

  Gentry, Sommer E ^a,b   Chow, Eric K H ^a   Massie, Allan ^a,c   Luo, Xun ^a   Shteyn, Eugene ^d   Pyke, Joshua ^d   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

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DONOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84937835633     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.24171     Document Type: Article

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