Priority 25 from the Alcohol-related Liver Disease PSP

UNCERTAINTY: Is there a difference between the outcome of alcohol-related liver disease patients treated by specialised liver disease units/hepatologists versus general gastro-enterologists?  (JLA PSP Priority 25)
Overall ranking 25
JLA question ID 0044/25
Explanatory note (including examples of original survey submissions) "What is the outcome of ARLD patients treated by specialised liver disease units/hepatologists versus general gastro-enterologists and what can be done to educate the latter which would benefit mortality rates?"
Evidence

None identified
Health Research Classification System category Oral and Gastrointestinnal
Extra information provided by this PSP
Submitted by 2 carers, 1 professional
PSP information
PSP unique ID 0044
PSP name Alcohol-related Liver Disease
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. 45 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop 16 September 2016