The Effect of Race, Sex, and Insurance Status on Time-to-Listing Decisions for Liver Transplantation
Table 1
Characteristics of patients with liver-transplant potential*.
Full cohort of patients
Patients who were listed for a transplant
Patients who received a transplant
Characteristic, no. (%)
Age
ā18ā39 years
25,779 (17.8)
493 (16.1)
225 (14.6)
ā40ā64 years
60,856 (42.1)
2,365 (77.0)
1,219 (79.3)
āā„65 years
57,872 (40.1)
213 (6.9)
93 (6.1)
Gender
āMale
77,885 (53.9)
1,880 (61.2)
987 (64.2)
āFemale
66,622 (46.1)
1,191 (38.8)
550 (35.8)
Race/ethnicity
āWhite
103,969 (72.0)
2,267 (73.8)
1,165 (75.8)
āBlack
19,791 (13.7)
260 (8.5)
114 (7.4)
āOther race/ethnicity
6,363 (4.4)
185 (6.0)
87 (5.7)
āUnknown
14,384 (10.0)
359 (11.7)
171 (11.1)
Insurance status
āMedicare only
14,315 (9.9)
123 (4.0)
64 (4.2)
āMedicare plus Medicaid
7,721 (5.3)
61 (2.0)
24 (1.6)
āMedicare plus commercial
40,137 (27.8)
229 (7.5)
107 (7.0)
āMedicaid only
24,214 (16.8)
475 (15.5)
219 (14.2)
āCommercial only
51,711 (35.8)
2,043 (66.5)
1,049 (68.2)
āUninsured (including self-pay)
4,915 (3.4)
109 (3.5)
59 (3.8)
āUnknown
1,494 (1.0)
31 (1.0)
15 (1.0)
Liver disease categories
āViral hepatitis
28,392 (19.6)
448 (14.6)
211 (13.7)
āAlcoholic liver disease
16,301 (11.3)
763 (24.9)
391 (25.4)
āAutoimmune disorder
15,652 (10.8)
966 (31.5)
518 (33.7)
āMetabolic disease
14,344 (9.9)
15 (0.5)
9 (0.6)
āPrimary sclerosing cholangitis
6,635 (4.6)
118 (3.8)
56 (3.6)
āCancer
4,754 (3.3)
54 (1.8)
29 (1.9)
āPrimary biliary cirrhosis
864 (0.6)
80 (2.6)
53 (3.5)
āOther chronic disease
46,096 (31.9)
349 (11.4)
156 (10.2)
āAcute liver failure
11,469 (7.9)
278 (9.1)
114 (7.4)
Severity of illness at diagnosis
āNone
11,985 (8.3)
179 (5.8)
85 (5.5)
āMinimal
33,284 (23.0)
509 (16.6)
246 (16.0)
āModerate
39,719 (27.5)
1,142 (37.2)
564 (36.7)
āSevere
27,508 (19.0)
746 (24.3)
367 (23.9)
āMaximal
3,615 (2.5)
45 (1.5)
16 (1.0)
āUnknown
28,396 (19.7)
450 (14.7)
259 (16.9)
Pennsylvania transplant center
N/A
2,758 (89.8)
1,416 (92.1)
Died during study period
57,020 (39.5)
1,027 (33.4)
374 (24.3)
N/A: Not applicable for patients at the diagnosis stage. For the Pennsylvania transplant center, . For all other variables, because of the large sample size.
