识别和理解美国基于人口的肝脏移植机会的差异

Katie Ross-Driscoll1, Jonathan Gunasti2, Arrey-Takor Ayuk-Arrey3

  • 1Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Health Services Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

概括

肝移植的获取在不同地区有很大差异. 贫困和器官捐赠率等社会经济因素会影响登记死亡率 (LDR),突出了改善末期肝病患者护理的领域.

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