Health System-Level Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Protocol for a Comparative Case Study Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is the best treatment option for patients with kidney failure and offers significant medical and economic advantages for both patients and health systems. Despite this, rates of LDKT in Canada have stagnated and vary significantly across Canadian provinces, the reasons for which are not well understood. Our prior work has suggested that system-level factors may be contributing to these differences. Identifying these factors can help inform system-level interventions to increase LDKT.

Objective

Our objective is to generate a systemic interpretation of LDKT delivery across provincial health systems with variable performance. We aim to identify the attributes and processes that facilitate the delivery of LDKT to patients, an

SUBMITTER: Horton A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031444 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature