title: Geographic favoritism in liver transplantation--unfortunate or unfair?
authors.affiliation: Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, PA, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Ubel
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Caplan
mesh_terms: D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D018579:Patient Selection; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States