Liver Transplantation in Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Eleven million unauthorized immigrants reside in the United States and may account for 3% of deceased organ donors. Recently introduced federal and state legislation propose to address access to organ transplantation among unauthorized immigrants. The national landscape of liver transplantation (LT) for unauthorized immigrants is unknown.

Approach and results

We included all US LT recipients between March 2012 and December 2018 who were linked to Pew Center of Research data to estimate the population of unauthorized immigrants in each US state and by country of origin, based on US Census data. We categorized patients as unauthorized immigrants versus US citizens/residents. The main outcome measures were (1) the proportion of LTs performed for unauthorized

SUBMITTER: Lee BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7103423 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature