Patient Preferences for Waiting Time and Kidney Quality.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Approximately 20% of deceased donor kidneys are discarded each year in the United States. Some of these kidneys could benefit patients who are waitlisted. Understanding patient preferences regarding accepting marginal-quality kidneys could help more of the currently discarded kidneys be transplanted.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

This study uses a discrete choice experiment that presents a deceased donor kidney to patients who are waiting for, or have received, a kidney transplant. The choices involve trade-offs between accepting a kidney today or a future kidney. The options were designed experimentally to quantify the relative importance of kidney quality (expected graft survival and level of kidney function) and waiting time. Choi

SUBMITTER: Mehrotra S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9625104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature