New Kidney and Pancreas Allocation Policy: Moving to a Circle as the First Unit of Allocation
Ajay K. Israni, Andrew Wey, Bryn Thompson, Jon Miller, Vincent Casingal, Martha Pavlakis, Silke V. Niederhaus, Rachel C. Forbes, Amber R. Wilk, Warren T. McKinney, Raja Kandaswamy, Peter G. Stock, Jon J. Snyder
Abstract
On May 31, 2018, the US Department of Health and Human Services received a critical comment raising concerns that the existing deceased donor liver allocation policy may not have been in compliance with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Final Rule on deceased donor organ
Topics & Concepts
Organ procurementUnit (ring theory)MedicineProcurementUnited Network for Organ SharingIntensive care medicineCompliance (psychology)Organ donationTransplantationBusinessLiver transplantationSurgeryPsychologyMarketingMathematics educationSocial psychologyOrgan Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesOrgan Donation and TransplantationLiver Disease and Transplantation