From prolonging life to prolonging working life: Tackling unemployment among liver-transplant recipients

Table 1 Employment rates after liver transplantation in studies published after year 2000

Year	Author	Country	Patient number	Employment rate	Mean age (yr)	Follow-up (mo)	Ref.
2014	Weng	Taiwan	106	45%	54	43	[16]
2012	Huda	United States	21942	24%	-	< 24	[13]
2011	Gorevski	United States	91	38%	56	-	[29]
2010	Duffy	United States	77	35%	-	> 240	[53]
2010	De Baere	Belgium	63	38%	58	-	[14]
2009	Åberg	Finland	353	44%	55	96	[6]
2007	Saab	United States	308	27%	51	52	[17]
2006	Sargent	United Kingdom	60	37%	35	36	[54]
2006	Sahota	United States	105	49%	54	34	[18]
2006	Kirchner	Germany	23	26%	48	62	[55]
2005	Rongey	United States	186	55%	55	41	[15]
2004	Blanch	Spain	126	33%	56	12	[56]
2004	Cowling	United States	152	36%	53	53	[20]
2003	Karam	France	125	53%	51	120	[57]
2001	Moyzes	Germany	103	22%	47	77	[58]

Table 2 Employment rates after kidney transplantation in studies published after year 2000

Year	Author	Country	Patient number	Employment rate	Mean age (yr)	Follow-up (mo)
2014	Tzvetanov	United States	71976	22%		> 12
2014	Nour	Canada	60	38%	49
2012	Helanterä	Finland	1818	40%	49	84
2012	Eng	United States	204	56%	48	> 24
2012	Chisholm-Burns	United States	75	39%	48	44
2011	Van der Mei	Netherlands	34	67%	51	77
2010	De Baere	Belgium	79	59%	56
2008	Bohlke	Brazil	272	29%	41-44	35-43
2007	Raiz	United States	411	49%	47	63
2006	Van der Mei	Netherlands	239	52%	50	46
2002	Griva	United Kingdom	347	56%	47	103
2002	Baines	Scotland	49	18%	36	12
2000	Gross	United States	87	30%	40	36
2000	Ostrowski	Poland	80	74%	18-60	47