Characterization of Transplant Center Decisions to Allocate Kidneys to Candidates With Lower Waiting List Priority.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Allocation of deceased donor kidneys is meant to follow a ranked match-run list of eligible candidates, but transplant centers with a 1-to-1 relationship with their local organ procurement organization have full discretion to decline offers for higher-priority candidates and accept them for lower-ranked candidates at their center.

Objective

To describe the practice and frequency of transplant centers placing deceased donor kidneys with candidates who are not the highest rank at their center according to the allocation algorithm.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used 2015 to 2019 organ offer data from US transplant centers with a 1-to-1 relationship with their local organ procurement organization, following candidates for tra

SUBMITTER: King KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10242426 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature