A Nurse-Led Outpatient Clinic for Patients With Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis: Staffing, Structure, and Patient Satisfaction.

Patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis constitute a growing and vulnerable patient group with a particular need for easy outpatient access and close follow-up. By establishing a nurse-led clinic, we aimed to counter this need in a patient-centered manner within a multidisciplinary rehabilitating framework. This article presents the organization, staffing, and structure of this initiative as well as the patient population demographics and characteristics.