
#351Medicine & HealthFront Page17 November 2025
AI Reveals Hidden Social Barriers in Liver Transplant Access
Researchers have utilised large language models to quantify how social determinants of health affect liver transplant eligibility. The study found that non-medical factors, such as a lack of social support, significantly reduce a patient's chance of being listed, often explaining racial disparities better than clinical data alone.
By Robitschek, Bastani, Horwath, Sordean, Pletcher, Lai, Galletta, Ash, Ge, Chen