title: Sicker patients with end-stage liver disease cost more: a quick fix?: an editorial on assessing variation in the costs of care among patients awaiting liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Transplant/Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Abouljoud
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Nerenz
mesh_terms: D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male