Finance, race, ethnicity, and spoken language impact clinical outcomes for children with acute liver failure.
Johanna Ascher BartlettSarah BarhoumaSarah BangerthValeria MejiaCarly WeaverRohit KohliJuliet A EmamaulleePublished in: Pediatric transplantation (2024)
This study suggests that SDOH impact PALF outcomes and highlights patient populations facing additional challenges during an already complex healthcare emergency. These associations may indicate unconscious biases held by transplant teams when evaluating waitlist candidacy, as well as barriers to healthcare access. Strategies to better understand the broader applicability of our findings and, if confirmed, efforts to mitigate social disparities, may improve clinical outcomes in PALF.