Variation in Racial Disparities in Liver Transplant Outcomes Across Transplant Centers in the United States

Katherine Ross‐Driscoll, Michael Kramer, Raymond Lynch, Laura Plantinga, Joel Wedd, Rachel Patzer – 9 October 2020 – Little is known about the role that transplant centers may play in perpetuating racial disparities after liver transplantation, which are unexplained by patient‐level factors. We examined variation in between‐center and within‐center disparities among 34,114 Black and White liver transplant recipients in the United States from 2010 to 2017 using Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipient (SRTR) data.

Variation in Racial Disparities in Liver Transplant Outcomes Across Transplant Centers in the United States

Katherine Ross‐Driscoll, Michael Kramer, Raymond Lynch, Laura Plantinga, Joel Wedd, Rachel Patzer – 9 October 2020 – Little is known about the role that transplant centers may play in perpetuating racial disparities after liver transplantation, which are unexplained by patient‐level factors. We examined variation in between‐center and within‐center disparities among 34,114 Black and White liver transplant recipients in the United States from 2010 to 2017 using Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipient (SRTR) data.

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