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Editorial
. 2025 Jun 1;14(3):470-472.
doi: 10.21037/hbsn-2025-181. Epub 2025 May 23.

Assessing the financial and equity implications of the 2020 liver allocation policy change

Brian Longbottom  1 , Sung Hoon Kim  1 , Hassan Aziz  1
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Editorial

Assessing the financial and equity implications of the 2020 liver allocation policy change

Brian Longbottom et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Liver; allocation policy; cost; transplant.

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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://hbsn.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/hbsn-2025-181/coif). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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