David C. Cron

Sep 4, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | David C. Cron |Joel T. Adler |Perioperative Care |Heidi Yeh

Sex and Size Disparities in Access to Liver Transplant for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Key PointsQuestion  Is there a sex- or size-based disparity in access to deceased-donor liver transplant among patients receiving a waiting list exception score for hepatocellular carcinoma?

May 28, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | David C. Cron |David Goldberg |Heidi Yeh

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Supporting Information Filename Description ctr15365-sup-0001-SuppMat.pdf1,012.6 KB Supporting Information REFERENCES 1, , , , , . Global cancer statistics, 2012. CA: Cancer J Clin. 2015; 65(2): 87-108. 2, . Epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States: where are we? Where do we go. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md). 2014; 60(5): 1767. 3, , , , .

Jul 11, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | David C. Cron |Thomas C. Tsai |Rachel E. Patzer |Syed Husain

Key PointsQuestion  Is dialysis facility–level commercial payer mix associated with patient access to kidney transplant? Findings  In this cohort study including 233 003 patients receiving incident dialysis, commercial insurance at the patient-level was associated with increased wait-listing for kidney transplant within 1 year, but there was no significant independent association of facility-level commercial payer mix with wait-listing.