Short stature and access to lung transplantation in the United States: A cohort study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 681-688

  Sell, Jessica L ^a   Bacchetta, Matthew ^a   Goldfarb, Samuel B ^b   Park, Hanyoung ^c   Heffernan, Priscilla V ^c   Robbins, Hilary A ^a   Shah, Lori ^a   Raza, Kashif ^a   D'Ovidio, Frank ^a   Sonett, Joshua R ^a   Arcasoy, Selim M ^a   Lederer, David J ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body height; Health services accessibility; Healthcare disparity; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT STATURE; UNITED STATES; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84988733876     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201507-1279OC     Document Type: Article

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