Open AccessDisparities in Liver Transplantation Before and After Introduction of the MELD Score
Author(s) -
Cynthia A. Moylan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2008.720
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , interquartile range , transplantation , cohort , liver disease , odds ratio , retrospective cohort study , model for end stage liver disease , cohort study , surgery
In February 2002, the allocation system for liver transplantation became based on the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score. Before MELD, black patients were more likely to die or become too sick to undergo liver transplantation compared with white patients. Little information exists regarding sex and access to liver transplantation.
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