Kidney transplant candidacy evaluation and waitlisting practices in the United States and their association with access to transplantation.

ABSTRACT: There are limited data on the degree of variability in practices surrounding prioritization of referrals for transplant evaluation and criteria for transplant candidacy and their association with transplantation rates. We surveyed transplant programs across the United States between January 2020 and May 2020 to determine current pre-transplantation practices. We examined the relation between these reported practices and the outcomes of waitlisted patients at responding programs between January 2015 and March 2021 using Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data. We used adjusted Cox models with random effects to accommodate clustering by program. Primary outcomes included living or deceased donor transplantation. Of 172 surveyed programs, 90 participated. Substantial variations were

SUBMITTER: Whelan AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9177783 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature