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Transplant programs during COVID‐19: Unintended consequences for health inequality
Author(s) -
Sharma Shivani,
Lawrence Christopher,
Giovinazzo Francesco
Publication year - 2020
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.15931
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , inequality , health care , socioeconomic status , health equity , social inequality , family medicine , nursing , economic growth , environmental health , public health , political science , mathematical analysis , population , mathematics , law , economics
Transplant programmes are being scaled back as healthcare systems worldwide respond to COVID-19. Most centres are now taking only super urgent and urgent cases, if at all. Management of donor organs is also impacted. Contingency protocols may prioritise distance over equitable sharing principles. Live and deceased donation is either being selectively paused or operating under stringent criteria based on local capacity. This will inevitably lead to variable patient experience.