Food inequity and insecurity and MASLD: burden, challenges, and interventions

S Zelber-Sagi, P Carrieri, JM Pericàs… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Liver disease prevalence, severity, outcomes and hepatic risk factors (for example,
unhealthy diet) are heavily affected by socioeconomic status and food insecurity. Metabolic …

A comparison of deprivation indices and application to transplant populations

C Park, T Schappe, S Peskoe, D Mohottige… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The choice of deprivation index can influence conclusions drawn regarding the extent of
deprivation within a community and the identification of the most deprived communities in …

Geographic disparities in access to liver transplantation

M Yilma, N Dalal, SI Wadhwani, R Hirose… - Liver …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Since the Final Rule regarding transplantation was published in 1999, organ
distribution policies have been implemented to reduce geographic disparity. While a recent …

Community-level social vulnerability and individual socioeconomic status on liver transplant referral outcome

M Yilma, R Cogan, AM Shui, JM Neuhaus… - Hepatology …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Recent endeavors emphasize the importance of understanding early barriers
to liver transplantation (LT) by consistently collecting data on patient demographics …

Systematic design and data-driven evaluation of social determinants of health ontology (SDoHO)

Y Dang, F Li, X Hu, VK Keloth, M Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objective Social determinants of health (SDoH) play critical roles in health outcomes and
well-being. Understanding the interplay of SDoH and health outcomes is critical to reducing …

Liver transplantation access and outcomes: Impact of variations in liver-specific specialty care

Y Endo, K Sasaki, Z Moazzam, S Woldesenbet… - Surgery, 2024 - Elsevier
Background We sought to characterize the impact access to gastroenterologists/
hepatologists has on liver transplantation listing, as well as time on the liver transplantation …

Survival benefit relative to treatment modalities among patients with very early intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: an analysis of the national cancer database

Y Endo, K Sasaki, MM Munir, S Woldesenbet… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Liver transplantation (LT) has been considered a potential curative treatment for
patients with very early intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) and cirrhosis, yet the survival …

Reexamining “psychosocial clearance”: A procedural framework for psychosocial evaluation in liver transplantation

GS Winder, AC Fernandez, PV Perumalswami… - Liver …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Psychosocial and “nonmedical” phenomena are commonly encountered in liver
transplantation (LT) evaluations. They are simultaneously crucial decision-making factors …

Neighborhood-level social determinants of health measures independently predict receipt of living donor liver transplantation in the United States

M Kanneganti, E Byhoff, M Serper, KM Olthoff… - Liver …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Disparities exist in the access to living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in the United
States. However, the association of neighborhood-level social determinants of health …

Geographic disparities in access to liver transplant for advanced cirrhosis: Time to ring the alarm!

JS Bajaj, A Choudhury, V Kumaran, F Wong… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Decompensated cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer are major risk factors for mortality
worldwide. Liver transplantation (LT), both live-donor LT or deceased-donor LT, are …