Assessment of National Organ Donation Rates and Organ Procurement Organization Metrics | Zendy

Luke J. DeRoos | Zendy; Yuhang Zhou | Zendy; Wesley J. Marrero | Zendy; Elliot B. Tapper | Zendy; Christopher J. Sonnenday | Zendy; Mariel S. Lavieri | Zendy; David W. Hutton | Zendy; Neehar D. Parikh | Zendy

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Assessment of National Organ Donation Rates and Organ Procurement Organization Metrics

Author(s) -

Luke J. DeRoos,

Yuhang Zhou,

Wesley J. Marrero,

Elliot B. Tapper,

Christopher J. Sonnenday,

Mariel S. Lavieri,

David W. Hutton,

Neehar D. Parikh

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.5395

Subject(s) - medicine , organ donation , opos , national death index , quartile , donation , population , cohort , demography , emergency medicine , transplantation , family medicine , hazard ratio , environmental health , confidence interval , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , nonlinear optics , sociology , economics , economic growth , physics

Organ transplant is a life-saving procedure for patients with end-stage organ failure. In the US, organ procurement organizations (OPOs) are responsible for the evaluation and procurement of organs from donors who have died; however, there is controversy regarding what measures should be used to evaluate their performance.

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