Health Equity

Demographics impact survival rate for liver transplant patients

Abstract: Between 2017 and 2018, Black patients had a 60% higher chance of dying after a liver transplant than white patients.

Publication: Modern Healthcare

Date Published: August 11, 2021

Author(s): Mari Devereaux

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