Clinical Study
Socioeconomic Factors Affect Disparities in Access to Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Cancer
Table 3
Differences in exclusion criteria for transplant by race, education, insurance, and occupation.
| | | Tumor size > 5 cm | BMI > 35 | Outside Milan criteria |
| | Race | | | | | Asian (As) | 156/34 (45.9%) | 15/318 (4.7%) | 199/349 (57.0%) | | White (Wh) | 35/116 (30.2%) | 7/109 (6.4%) | 59/119 (47.9%) | | Pacific Islander (PI) | 46/86 (53.5%) | 16/77 (20.7%) | 53/86 (61.6%)
| | (PI versus Wh) | (PI versus As) | NS
| | (PI versus Wh) | | Education | | | | | 13+ years | 122/309 (39.4%) | 21/305 (6.9%) | 165/315 (52.4%) | | <13 years | 40/80 (50%) | 10/77 (13.0%) | 49/82 (59.8%)
| | | NS | NS | NS
| | Insurance | | | | | Private | 130/291 (44.7%) | 20/281 (7.1%) | 174/299 (58.2%) | | Medicare | 69/164 (42.1%) | 8/144 (5.6%) | 87/167 (52.1%) | | Medicaid | 36/80 (45.0%) | 8/8 (9.9%) | 49/92 (53.3%)
| | | NS | NS | NS
| | Occupation | | | | | White collar (WC) | 60/133 (45.1%) | 10/120 (8.3%) | 82/138 (59.4%) | | Blue collar (BC) | 97/217 (44.7%) | 13/199 (6.5%) | 122/221 (55.2%) | | Service | 64/144 (44.4%) | 12/130 (9.2%) | 78/147 (53.1%) | | None | 20/67 (29.9%) | 3/6 (4.9%) | 34/68 (50%)
| | | (service versus WC) | NS | NS |
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