Allocation of liver grafts worldwide – Is there a best system?

[Display omitted] •An optimal allocation system for scarce resources should simultaneously ensure maximal utility, but also equity.•Large differences exist between centers and countries for ethical and legislative reasons.•A future globally applicable strategy should combine donor and recipient fact...

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Published in:	Journal of hepatology Vol. 71; no. 4; pp. 707 - 718
Main Authors:	Tschuor, Christoph, Ferrarese, Alberto, Kuemmerli, Christoph, Dutkowski, Philipp, Burra, Patrizia, Clavien, Pierre-Alain, Lendoire, Javier, Imventarza, Oscar, Crawford, Michael, Andraus, Wellington, D'Albuquerque, Luiz Augusto Carneiro, Hernandez-Alejandro, Roberto, Dokus, M. Katherine, Tomiyama, Koji, Zheng, Shusen, Echeverri, Gabriel Jaime, Taimr, Pavel, Fronek, Jiri, de Rosner-van Rosmalen, Marieke, Vogelaar, Serge, Lesurtel, Mickael, Mabrut, Jean-Yves, Nagral, Sanjay, Kakaei, Farzad, Malek-Hosseini, Seyed Ali, Egawa, Hiroto, Contreras, Alan, Czerwinski, Jaroslaw, Danek, Teresa, Pinto-Marques, Hugo, Gautier, Sergey V., Monakhov, Artem, Melum, Espen, Ericzon, Bo-Göran, Kang, Koo Jeong, Kim, Myoung Soo, Sanchez-Velazquez, Patricia, Oberkofler, Christian Eugen, Müllhaupt, Beat, Linecker, Michael, Eshmuminov, Dilmurodjon, Grochola, Lukasz Filip, Song, Zhoulon, Kambakamba, Patryk, Chen, Chao-Long, Haberal, Mehmet, Yilmaz, Sezai, Rowe, Ian A.C., Kron, Philipp
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2019 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Allocation ELTR End Stage Liver Disease - surgery Global Health - statistics & numerical data Graft Survival Humans Liver Liver diseases Liver transplantation Liver Transplantation - methods Liver Transplantation - standards Liver Transplantation - statistics & numerical data MELD Morbidity Needs Assessment Organ donation Patient Selection Procedures and Techniques Utilization - standards Procedures and Techniques Utilization - statistics & numerical data Resource Allocation - ethics Resource Allocation - legislation & jurisprudence Resource Allocation - organization & administration Survival Tissue and Organ Procurement - methods Tissue and Organ Procurement - organization & administration Tissue and Organ Procurement - supply & distribution Tissue Donors - supply & distribution Transplants & implants UNOS Organ donation UNOS Allocation MELD ELTR Liver transplantation
ISSN:	0168-8278, 1600-0641, 1600-0641
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