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Understanding the role of segregation in LDLT access is important to address disparities.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To assess the associations between residential and transplant center neighborhood segregation and LDLT access.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n This cohort study used data from a US national transplant registry on adult candidates (age \u226518 years) for first-time liver transplant between February 1, 2016, and June 30, 2025, at centers that performed 1 or more LDLT annually during that time.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposure<\/jats:title>\n Residential and transplant center neighborhood segregation, measured using the Thiel H method at the zip code tabulation area level and dichotomized at the respective median values.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n A Cox proportional hazards regression model quantified the adjusted hazard ratio (AHR) of LDLT and included interactions with race and ethnicity and insurance. LDLT access within high-segregation residential neighborhoods by racial and ethnic composition (predominantly White or predominantly racial and ethnic minoritized population) was also quantified.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Among 22\u202f223 adult liver transplant candidates, mean (SD) age was 55.3 (11.2) years, 13 518 (60.8%) were male, 1476 (6.6%) were Black, 5097 (22.9%) were Hispanic or Latino, and 15 650 (70.4%) were White. Most (11 669 [52.5%]) had private insurance. After adjustment, candidates residing in high-segregation neighborhoods had lower likelihood of LDLT access (AHR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.74-0.88). Hispanic or Latino candidates in high-segregation neighborhoods had lower likelihood of LDLT access than their counterparts in low-segregation neighborhoods (AHR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.49-0.72;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001 for interaction), but associations between neighborhood segregation and LDLT did not vary significantly by insurance type (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.52 for interaction). Candidates wait-listed at transplant centers in high-segregation neighborhoods had lower likelihood of LDLT access (AHR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.59-0.70). Candidates with Medicare or Medicaid wait-listed at centers in high-segregation neighborhoods had lower likelihood of LDLT access than their counterparts in low-segregation neighborhoods (AHR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.45-0.51;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001 for interaction). Within high-segregation residential neighborhoods, candidates in neighborhoods with a larger racial and ethnic population had lower likelihood of LDLT access than those living in neighborhoods with a larger White population (AHR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.59-0.78).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this national cohort study, living in or being wait-listed at centers in high-segregation neighborhoods was associated with lower likelihood of LDLT access and candidates living in high-segregation neighborhoods with a larger racial and ethnic minority population compared with a larger White population had lower likelihood of LDLT. 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