Impact of the MELD score on waiting time
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Jawad Ahmad; Kathy K. Downey; Mohamed Akoad; Thomas V. Cacciarelli
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Organ allocation for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States is based on the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score. The MELD score prioritizes organ distribution to sicker patients. There is limited data on the effect of this policy on transplantation in the Veterans Affairs (VA) he