Geographic disparities in access to liver transplantation related to risk of death

Veterans with liver disease who live more than 100 miles from a Veterans Administration hospital that offers liver transplants are only half as likely to be placed on the liver transplant waitlist to receive a new organ compared to veterans who live closer to transplant centers, according to a new study. The findings also reveal that the further liver disease patients live from these five transplant centers, the more likely they are to die.