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The US urgencybased liver transplantation (LT) policy has two components: allocation and distribution of donor livers. The Model for EndStage Liver Disease (MELD) score, the metric of waitlist mortality, was… Click to show full abstract
The US urgencybased liver transplantation (LT) policy has two components: allocation and distribution of donor livers. The Model for EndStage Liver Disease (MELD) score, the metric of waitlist mortality, was implemented on February 29, 2002. Since then, there have been several evidencebased dynamic changes to the allocation and distribution scheme in attempts to be fair, just, and equitable (Figure 1).
Keywords:
liver allocation;
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Journal Title: Liver Transplantation
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Liver Transplantation
Year Published: 2022
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