Title: A novel, nurse-led ‘one stop’ clinic for patients with liver cirrhosis results in fewer liver-
related unplanned readmissions and improved survival
Version: 3 Date: 18 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
1.  Please succinctly describe in the methods section for the reader why you have chosen those
exclusion criteria in your methods as they are not all standard exclusions for readmission in
cirrhosis studies  and will help the reader to understand the readmission rate.
2. The authors reply that some of outcomes in Figure 4 are observational so they were not detailed
in the manuscript.  Only outcomes that are defined in the methods and discussed in the results
should be included in figures labeled as "results"for accuracy and clarity.
3.  There was no time to event/survival analysis added; the reason for not adding this analysis
given in #1 is the  reason time to event analyses are done.   A survival analysis should be used
to explore mortality. It does not have to a multivariable Cox analysis.  A simple Kaplan Meijer
Analysis with provided KM curves would be plenty.
4. If access to health care not an issue, would mention this in the discussion given it is a large
factor in much of the literature on readmission and the readership is international.
Title: A novel, nurse-led ‘one stop’ clinic for patients with liver cirrhosis results in fewer liver-
related unplanned readmissions and improved survival
Version: 3 Date: 18 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
1.  Please succinctly describe in the methods section for the reader why you have chosen those
exclusion criteria in your methods as they are not all standard exclusions for readmission in
cirrhosis studies  and will help the reader to understand the readmission rate.
2. The authors reply that some of outcomes in Figure 4 are observational so they were not detailed
in the manuscript.  Only outcomes that are defined in the methods and discussed in the results
should be included in figures labeled as "results"for accuracy and clarity.
3.  There was no time to event/survival analysis added; the reason for not adding this analysis
given in #1 is the  reason time to event analyses are done.   A survival analysis should be used
to explore mortality. It does not have to a multivariable Cox analysis.  A simple Kaplan Meijer
Analysis with provided KM curves would be plenty.
4. If access to health care not an issue, would mention this in the discussion given it is a large
factor in much of the literature on readmission and the readership is international.
Please review this paper.
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Title: A novel, nurse-led ‘one stop’ clinic for patients with liver cirrhosis results in fewer liver-
related unplanned readmissions and improved survival
Version: 3 Date: 18 Sep 2023
Reviewer's report:
1.  Please succinctly describe in the methods section for the reader why you have chosen those
exclusion criteria in your methods as they are not all standard exclusions for readmission in
cirrhosis studies  and will help the reader to understand the readmission rate.
2. The authors reply that some of outcomes in Figure 4 are observational so they were not detailed
in the manuscript.  Only outcomes that are defined in the methods and discussed in the results
should be included in figures labeled as "results"for accuracy and clarity.
3.  There was no time to event/survival analysis added; the reason for not adding this analysis
given in #1 is the  reason time to event analyses are done.   A survival analysis should be used
to explore mortality. It does not have to a multivariable Cox analysis.  A simple Kaplan Meijer
Analysis with provided KM curves would be plenty.
4. If access to health care not an issue, would mention this in the discussion given it is a large
factor in much of the literature on readmission and the readership is international.
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