Disparities in Liver Transplant Allocation Shift but Still Exist

Courtesy MedPage Today Surgery  Tue, 11/25/2008 - 14:00

DURHAM, N.C. (MedPage Today) -- The objective scoring system adopted in 2002 for allocating livers for transplantation has put women at a disadvantage, even as it appears to have eliminated an earlier racial disparity, researchers here said.


 

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