Racial and ethnic disparities in liver transplant access vary within and across transplant referral regions.

ABSTRACT: Prior studies have demonstrated racial disparities in access to liver transplantation, but the determinants of these disparities remain poorly understood. We used geographic catchment areas for transplant centers (transplant referral regions, TRRs) to characterize transplant environment contributors to racial and ethnic disparities in liver transplant access. Data were obtained from the Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients and the National Center for Health Statistics from 2015 to 2021. The primary outcome was the difference in the listing-to-end-stage liver disease death ratio between Black, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White patients for each TRR. We accounted for demographics, socioeconomic status, health care access, organ availability, and transplant center competition using mu

SUBMITTER: Ayuk-Arrey AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12721477 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature