Open AccessExamining the Increased Rates of Deceased Donor Kidney Nonutilization in Australia: What Has Changed?
Author(s) -
Matthew P. Sypek,
Shahid Ullah,
Peter Hughes,
Philip Clayton,
Stephen P. McDonald
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002761
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , kidney transplantation , confidence interval , propensity score matching , logistic regression , transplantation , donation , organ donation , demography , sociology , economics , economic growth
From 2013, Australia has experienced a sustained increase in the proportion of deceased donor kidneys that are retrieved but not utilized for transplantation. We aimed to determine whether this could be explained by changes in donor characteristics over time.