Liver Organ Allocation: The European Models

Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score-Based Allocation of Donors for Liver Transplantation: A Spanish Multicenter Experience

“…The model for liver allocation in Spain is center-based, as it is in other European countries (e.g., Scandiatransplant or United Kingdom Transplant), in contrast with the United States and certain European countries (e.g., Eurotransplant), where the allocation model is patient-based (10,11). In Spain, unless it is an emergency case, the center-based model is applied, so that organs are allocated with geographical criteria to the local, regional, or national liver transplant teams following blood group matching rules (Table 1).…”