Nathan R. Hoot

Objective: Emergency department crowding threatens quality and access to health care, and a method of accurately forecasting near-future crowding sho

A number of decisions in liver transplantation rely on estimates of post-transplant outcomes, such as graft and patient survival. To determine the best treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease, the chance of post-transplant survival must be weighed against the likely outcomes of treatment alternatives, such as hepatic resection or medical management. When a patient undergoes a transplant evaluation, the decision to list the patient depends in part on the likelihood of transplant success, with the intent of avoiding transplants that are likely to fail.