Evaluation Within 30 Days of Referral for Liver Transplantation is Associated with Reduced Mortality: A Multicenter Analysis of Patients Referred Within the VA Health System
John BV, Schwartz K, Scheinberg AR, Dahman B, Spector S, Deng Y, Goldberg D, Martin P, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE. Evaluation Within 30 Days of Referral for Liver Transplantation is Associated with Reduced Mortality: A Multicenter Analysis of Patients Referred Within the VA Health System. Transplantation 2021, 106: 72-84. PMID: 33587434, PMCID: PMC8239056, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver transplantationTransplant centersPretransplant mortalityMultivariable Cox hazard modelTransplant evaluation processSuccessful liver transplantationMulticenter retrospective studyEvaluation of patientsVA health systemDays of referralCox hazard modelPosttransplant deathTransplant evaluationPosttransplant mortalityHigher MELDMulticenter analysisRetrospective studyList dropoutReduced mortalityHazards modelPatientsTransplantationReferralHealth systemMortality