Economic evaluation of the specialized donor care facility for thoracic organ donor management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last decade two alternative models of donor care have emerged in the United States: the conventional model, whereby donors are managed at the hospital where brain death occurs, and the specialized donor care facility (SDCF), in which brain dead donors are transferred to a SDCF for medical optimization and organ procurement. Despite increasing use of the SDCF model, its cost-effectiveness in comparison to the conventional model remains unknown.

Methods

We performed an economic evaluation of the SDCF and conventional model of donor care from the perspective of U.S. transplant centers over a 2-year study period. In this analysis, we utilized nationwide data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients and controlled for donor characteristics and pat

SUBMITTER: Gauthier JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7656378 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature