Excess mortality on the liver transplant waiting list: Unintended policy consequences and model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) inflation

The Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) allocation system for liver transplantation provides “exceptions” for diseases such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It was the aim of this study to assess equipoise between exception candidates and nonexception candidates on the waiting list and to ass...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Md.), 2015-01, Vol.61 (1), p.285-291
Hauptverfasser:	Northup, Patrick Grant, Intagliata, Nicolas Michael, Shah, Neeral Lalit, Pelletier, Shawn Joseph, Berg, Carl Lansing, Argo, Curtis Kent
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - surgery Female Humans Liver cirrhosis Liver diseases Liver Neoplasms - surgery Liver Transplantation Male Middle Aged Mortality Severity of Illness Index Transplants & implants Waiting Lists - mortality
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