Re: #'s what do they mean?

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure how to interpret this list. Phil had the option of being listed

at

Univ of Alabama or UCLA. We chose UCLA because we couldn't and had no desire to

relocate to Alabama. They said Alabama gets more livers. I need to work and my

job

is here so we didn't have much choice. UCLA had the second highest amount of

people

waiting but more people alive within the year after and a fewer percentage died

while waiting but a lower percentage that received a liver within one year.

Does

that mean that the people at UCLA are better taken care of in the meantime, that

they are not as critical when listed? The numbers on the list are frightening

but

the death rate is fairly low. I know that Jacquelyn and her family rented out

their

house in Oklahoma and move into a rental in Dallas so that she could be near

Baylor. In her case her husband was able to maintain his job with the same

company.

I also have read that UCLA does split liver transplants and live donor

transplants.

If you divide out their figures they do about 196 tx within a year and I'm sure

a

greater percentage with a couple of years since the percentage of deaths is low.

If

nothing else, we can have confidence that they get a lot of practice.

I will be taking this list to Phil's liver doctor on Friday. The appointment for

the

social worker has been postpone until next Wednesday. This just seems to drag on

and

on. I'm afraid that since its been over 6 months since Phil had a cholangitis

attack that they won't list him now. Maybe the numbers reflect that the doctors

list the patients earlier since they have such a long wait. (which by the way

they

didn't give what the average waiting time is).

PR Weller wrote:

> > Thought you might like this information...

>

> Penny

>

> >

> >

> > Liver Transplant Success Rate

> >

> > Filed at 11:36 p.m. EDT

> > By The Associated Press

> >

> > A list of the nation's liver transplant centers and their survival and death

> > rates.

> >

> > The first number is the number of patients put on the waiting list for a

> > liver transplant between April 1994 and December 1996. The second number is

> > the percent who were alive one year later, adjusted for the severity of a

> > center's patients' illnesses.

> >

> > The third number is the number of patients on the waiting list between April

> > 1994 and December 1997. The fourth number is the percent who received

> > transplants within one year. The fifth is the percent who died while waiting

> > for a transplant. Both numbers are adjusted for severity of illness.

> >

> > Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services, which produced

this

> > report, caution that individual numbers may be misleading; in a few cases,

> > transplant centers failed to provide all appropriate data, for instance.

> > Generally, the more patients, the more reliable the data.

> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

> >

> > pats pct alive pats pct tx pct died

> >

> > National average

> >

> > 16,406 79.6 23,326 46.8 14.1

> >

> > University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham

> > 249 79.6 375 71.9 12.1

> >

> > University Medical Center, Tuscon, Ariz.

> > 94 72.0 136 42.4 22.3

> >

> > Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

> > 177 85.2 250 65.6 7.6

> >

> > Green Hospital of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, Calif.

> > 128 85.9 171 41.9 10.9

> >

> > University of California-Irvine Medical Center, Orange

> > 58 79.7 102 43.8 7.2

> >

> > Loma University Medical Center, Loma , Calif.

> > 112 86.7 143 41.2 9.9

> >

> > California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco

> > 356 83.6 493 24.2 14.6

> >

> > UCSD Medical Center, San Diego

> > 96 79.5 150 30.0 18.3

> >

> > University of California Medical Center, Sacramento

> > 41 55.9 58 71.2 17.0

> >

> > UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco

> > 777 88.1 1,024 25.1 11.2

> >

> > Stanford Univerity Medical Center, Palo Alto, Calif.

> > 374 81.9 547 28.8 13.6

> >

> > St. Medical Center, Los Angeles

> > 28 76.8 56 31.0 19.3

> >

> > UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

> > 720 82.9 1,042 56.3 10.8

> >

> > USC-University Hospital, Los Angeles

> > 47 63.9 93 24.9 16.5

> >

> > University Hospital, Denver

> > 268 78.3 362 37.9 19.3

> >

> > The Children's Hospital, Denver

> > 32 95.0 39 41.1 8.9

> >

> > Porter Memorial Hospital, Colorado

> > 17 65.1 17 27.8 9.8

> >

> > Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.

> > 100 73.5 150 22.9 19.3

> >

> > Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn.

> > 26 60.8 37 52.8 25.5

> >

> > University Hospital, Washington, D.C.

> > 42 75.0 44 61.7 18.3

> >

> > Memorial Hospital, Miami

> > 556 77.1 837 67.4 13.6

> >

> > Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Fla.

> > 262 80.4 392 66.1 12.1

> >

> > Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Fla.

> > 8 67.2 46 62.2

18.8

> >

> > Emory University Hospital, Atlanta

> > 235 71.1 296 73.7 18.7

> >

> > Egleston Children's Hospital, Atlanta

> > 7 83.8 32 63.8

15.3

> >

> > St. Francis Medical Center, Honolulu

> > 18 76.7 27 45.7 22.7

> >

> > Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago

> > 127 81.0 202 37.6 11.6

> >

> > University of Chicago Medical Center

> > 457 77.1 646 39.8 14.0

> >

> > Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago

> > 338 78.5 433 32.6 14.9

> >

> > University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago

> > 128 77.2 231 23.1 16.5

> >

> > Indiana University Hospitals, Indianapolis

> > 151 78.3 225 37.4 17.3

> >

> > Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis

> > 82 67.6 111 40.4 24.5

> >

> > University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City

> > 118 76.9 147 76.4 11.6

> >

> > University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.

> > 87 84.7 121 89.0 7.7

> >

> > Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Ky.

> > 83 69.0 121 74.8 13.8

> >

> > University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington

> > 49 75.2 91 57.7 24.5

> >

> > Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans

> > 87 82.5 104 62.9 11.2

> >

> > Southern Baptist Hospital, Louisiana

> > 12 60.8 25 36.3 29.4

> >

> > Willis-Knighton Medical Center, Shreveport, La.

> > 69 76.2 88 55.2 15.7

> >

> > Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans

> > 24 51.2 30 57.6 24.6

> >

> > University of land Medical System, Baltimore

> > 108 77.7 175 20.8 21.3

> >

> > s Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

> > 340 76.6 469 23.3 19.8

> >

> > Beth Israel Hospital, Massachusetts

> > 101 82.2 214 2.6 4.7

> >

> > Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston

> > 177 63.9 208 34.7 33.1

> >

> > University of Massachusetts Medical Center

> > 5 100.0 10 23.9

0.0

> >

> > Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

> > 164 79.8 213 29.3 18.1

> >

> > New England Medical Center, Boston

> > 259 76.7 366 28.2 17.0

> >

> > Children's Hospital, Boston

> > 32 85.2 35 17.3 16.4

> >

> > University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor

> > 348 78.9 470 24.3 17.5

> >

> > Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit

> > 97 78.5 161 54.1 12.4

> >

> > St. 's Hospital, Rochester, Minn.

> > 21 84.4 28 66.0 11.9

> >

> > Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis

> > 94 77.3 130 63.1 14.4

> >

> > Rochester (Minn.) Methodist Hospital

> > 291 82.3 415 67.7 12.2

> >

> > -Jewish Hospital, St. Louis

> > 202 82.5 268 55.0 15.3

> >

> > St. Louis University Hospital

> > 112 77.9 174 55.9 10.7

> >

> > The Children's Mercy Hospital, Missouri

> > 6 86.4 14 67.5

0.0

> >

> > Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis

> > 12 79.0 13 73.6 0.0

> >

> > St. Louis Children's Hospital

> > 25 83.8 31 32.5 11.8

> >

> > University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha

> > 377 73.1 524 43.2 22.1

> >

> > University Hospital, Newark, N.J.

> > 113 84.3 173 79.7 8.5

> >

> > University Hospital, University of New Mexico

> > 47 58.1 65 44.9 28.1

> >

> > SYNU HC, Brooklyn, N.Y.

> > 6 74.6 20 54.3

12.3

> >

> > Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.Y.

> > 126 81.1 189 52.6 10.3

> >

> > Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York

> > 717 81.6 989 49.8 12.6

> >

> > New York University Medical Center, New York

> > 266 85.6 391 40.5 10.4

> >

> > Westchester County (N.Y.) Medical Center

> > 12 72.0 70 42.1 11.4

> >

> > Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.

> > 156 73.4 220 57.2 14.7

> >

> > University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill

> > 160 83.1 269 39.0 10.8

> >

> > Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, N.C.

> > 55 89.1 90 54.9 12.7

> >

> > Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

> > 45 79.4 66 58.5 14.8

> >

> > Ohio State University Hospitals, Columbus

> > 97 68.9 168 54.9 14.8

> >

> > Cleveland Clinic Foundation

> > 232 75.8 324 42.6 21.4

> >

> > University of Cincinnati Medical Center

> > 108 78.3 157 46.5 10.6

> >

> > University Hospital, Cleveland

> > 112 80.0 148 46.0 8.3

> >

> > Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City

> > 149 85.6 206 67.6 10.7

> >

> > Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital, Portland

> > 190 76.7 258 50.5 14.6

> >

> > VA Hospital, Portland, Ore.

> > 92 73.1 117 39.7 13.6

> >

> > Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia

> > 154 78.4 261 44.8 9.6

> >

> > Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia

> > 196 77.3 250 27.8 16.0

> >

> > Oakland VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh

> > 128 77.2 158 30.3 16.4

> >

> > Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

> > 247 79.2 409 37.6 15.4

> >

> > University of Pittsburgh (Pa.) Medical Center

> > 673 79.3 854 47.0 11.7

> >

> > Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center

> > 41 65.3 68 21.7 21.4

> >

> > St. 's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia

> > 51 89.2 73 37.1 7.3

> >

> > Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.

> > 156 73.6 208 27.2 21.8

> >

> > Children's Hospital, Philadelphia

> > 33 86.2 51 50.9 6.7

> >

> > Medical University of South Carolina, ton

> > 118 63.5 171 61.2 24.7

> >

> > Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

> > 93 79.8 153 72.9 17.0

> >

> > University of Tennessee Medical Center, Memphis

> > 101 66.3 150 70.8 15.1

> >

> > Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis

> > 10 55.9 11 48.1 51.9

> >

> > Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas

> > 490 83.8 655 54.1 13.8

> >

> > University Hospital, San , Texas

> > 120 81.2 211 53.0 14.8

> >

> > Children's Medical Center, Dallas

> > 41 89.6 53 72.8 6.4

> >

> > Hermann Hospital, Houston

> > 136 75.3 206 57.2 18.9

> >

> > St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston

> > 32 71.4 45 65.6 21.4

> >

> > Texas Children's Hospital, Houston

> > 33 85.3 41 51.6 9.3

> >

> > Ladder-Day Saints Hospital, Salt Lake City

> > 108 82.9 148 58.3 12.7

> >

> > Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City

> > 7 69.8 16 55.0

15.8

> >

> > University of Virginia Health Science Center, Charlottesville

> > 186 79.1 226 52.1 10.7

> >

> > Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond

> > 178 78.3 267 58.3 13.1

> > Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va.

> > 145 81.0 199 51.7 12.1

> >

> > University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle

> > 280 82.8 355 51.3 14.1

> >

> > Children's Hospital & Medical Center, Seattle

> > 16 85.7 29 35.5 12.1

> >

> > University of Wisconsin, Madison

> > 225 82.1 308 65.2 10.8

> >

> > Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee

> > 68 71.9 100 82.9 15.5

> >

> > Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

> > 11 91.3 16 60.9 0.0

> >

> > <A

HREF= " http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/w/AP-Organ-Transplants-Livers.html " >

> > Liver Transplant Success Rate</A>

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