Memorial Hermann liver waitlist deaths increased before scandal

SRTR uses risk-adjusted models that compare a program’s observed performance to its expected performance, which is an estimate of what would be expected from a similar program with a comparable pool of patients. This method accounts for differences between programs, such as the length of time patients were registered on the waitlist and their level of sickness. SRTR boils much of its data down into a single ratio, which the Chronicle used to measure changes in transplant rates and pre-transplant deaths over time, as well as compare the data to...