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Eligible Death Statistic: Not a True Measure of OPO Performance nor the Potential to Increase Transplantation
Author(s) -
Luskin R.,
Nathan H.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.13361
Subject(s) - medicine , authorization , transplantation , retrospective cohort study , statistic , cohort , demography , surgery , statistics , computer science , mathematics , computer security , sociology
The authors discuss the difficulties in using currently available data to compare OPO performance and to project possible increases in the number of transplants with deceased donor organs. See article by Goldberg et al on page 2117 .