Open AccessImpact of geography on organ allocation: Beyond the distance to the transplantation center
Author(s) -
Rony Ghaoui,
Jane Garb,
Fredric D. Gordon,
Elizabeth A. Pomfret
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 1948-5182
DOI - 10.4254/wjh.v7.i13.1782
Subject(s) - united network for organ sharing , medicine , liver transplantation , geographic information system , zip code , transplantation , organ transplantation , cartography , geography
To illustrate the application and utility of Geographic Information System (GIS) in exploring patterns of liver transplantation. Specifically, we aim to describe the geographic distribution of transplant registrations and identify disparities in access to liver transplantation across United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) region 1.