Open AccessDelays in Prior Living Kidney Donors Receiving Priority on the Transplant Waiting List
Author(s) -
Jennifer L. Wainright,
David K. Klassen,
Anna Y. Kucheryavaya,
Darren Stewart
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01360216
Subject(s) - medicine , waiting list , united network for organ sharing , medicaid , transplantation , dialysis , kidney transplantation , emergency medicine , health care , economics , liver transplantation , economic growth
Prior living donors (PLDs) receive very high priority on the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) kidney waiting list. Program delays in adding PLDs to the waiting list, setting their status to active, and submitting requests for PLD priority can affect timely access to transplantation.
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