DMEMEDS shared post via NYT: Well: Where You Live Matters for Lifesaving Liver Transplants

A recent analysis found the farther patients lived from a Veterans Administration liver transplant center, the more likely they were to die waiting for a transplant. [Category: Doctors, Transplants, Deaths (Fatalities), Geography, Liver, medicine and health, Pauline Chen, Featured, Doctor and Patient] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/3ab401c9/sc/1/l/0Lwell0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A140C0A50C220Cwhere0Eyou0Elive0Ematters0Efor0Elifesaving0Eliver0Etransplants0C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

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