Factors Associated With Access to and Receipt of Liver Transplantation in Veterans With End-stage Liver Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Organ scarcity means few patients with advanced liver disease undergo a transplant, making equitable distribution all the more crucial. Disparities may arise at any stage in the complex process leading up to this curative therapy.

Objective

To examine the rate of and factors associated with referral, wait-listing, and receipt of liver allografts.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used linked data from comprehensive electronic medical records and the United Network of Organ Sharing. Adult patients with cirrhosis and a Model for End-Stage Liver Disease with addition of sodium score of at least 15 points between October 1, 2011, and December 31, 2017, were included in the study. Patients were from 129 hospitals in the integrated

SUBMITTER: Kanwal F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8145153 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature