Liver Transplant

New liver transplant study findings have been reported by researchers at University of Cincinnati

Published in Gastroenterology Week, April 21st, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, "Recent reports have documented ethnic disparity in access to health care. This disparity appears to exist in organ transplantation and the contributing factors include lack of insurance as well as poor socioeconomic status."

"The role of geographic location and ethnic composition on accessibility to liver transplantation (LT) is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine ethnic transplantation trends based on United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) regions. Using the UNOS database, we identified all adults (>= 18 years) that received LT between 2000 and 2005. We excluded multiorgan transplants and...

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Source: Gastroenterology Week (2008-04-21)

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