The Effect of Race, Sex, and Insurance Status on Time-to-Listing Decisions for Liver Transplantation

Fair allocation of organs to candidates listed for transplantation is fundamental to organ-donation policies. Processes leading to listing decisions are neither regulated nor understood. We explored whether patient characteristics affected timeliness of listing using population-based data on 144,507...

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Main Authors: Cindy L. Bryce, Chung-Chou Ho Chang, Derek C. Angus, Robert M. Arnold, Maxwell Farrell, Mark S. Roberts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/467976