Abstract

The current priority ranking system for US heart transplant candidates is based on treatment intensity which may encourage the overtreatment of relatively stable candidates. This paper aims to describe national variation in the intensity of treatment of adult heart transplant candidates and identify center-level predictors of potential overtreatment.

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