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The economic impact of addressing the organ shortage with clinically high-risk allografts.

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Expanding gaps between the number of patients awaiting transplantation and the number who receive organs in the United States has been associated with heightened disease severity among transplant candidates and more common use of organs from non-standard donors. We summarize data on the economic consequences of liver and renal allograft quality in contemporary practice. Policy makers and providers must work together to ensure that financial disincentives do not lead to wastage of lifesaving organs.

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Authors: Krista L Lentine, Mark A Schnitzler

Institution: Saint Louis University

Language: English

Topic: Organ Donation and Transplantation

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Awards: Reducing geographic disparity in transplant access: Clinical and economic impact, Cardiovascular Risk Prediction after Kidney Transplant