Table 3.

 Criteria used to select patients listed for liver transplantation. Respondents were asked to identify four factors of seven which should be used to select liver transplant candidates when suitable donor became available. Values are percentages of respondents but exclude responses of “don’t know” or when respondents gave fewer than four choices

Criteria	General public (n=1000)	Family doctors (n=200)	Gastroenterologists (n=100)
Time on waiting list	63	45	49
Age	76	82	38
Value to society	20	31	31
Alcohol consumption	28	41	68
Work status	44	57	77
Outcome	65	90	92
Drugs	30	36	36