Medium distances to specialized care models at tertiary hospitals and socioeconomic neighborhood-related factors do not influence the quality of care for patients with liver cirrhosis
Specialized care models at tertiary hospitals offer consistent high-quality care to rural populations not facing disadvantages in survival due to longer travel distances to expert hepatology centers. Socioeconomic backgrounds do not affect care quality in this care model.
Authors
- Nadja M. Meindl‐Beinker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0211-352X)
- Christel Weiß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8692-5690)
- Alexander Kusnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1751-0587)
- Christoph Antoni
- Arash Dooghaie Moghadam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-497X)
- Andreas Teufel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7953-8927)
- Caroline Klindt-Morgan
- Karl Heinz Weiss
- Sebastian H Michl
Institutions
- University of Mannheim (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Salem Hospital (US)
- Unity Health System (US)
- University Medical Centre Mannheim (DE)
- Heidelberg University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/meg.0000000000003094
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00