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Characteristics of kidney donors and recipients in Iranian kidney market: Evidence from Mashhad
Author(s) -
Feizi Mehdi,
Moeindarbari Tannaz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1399-0012
pISSN - 0902-0063
DOI - 10.1111/ctr.13650
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney , kidney donation , kidney transplantation , donation , kidney transplant , urology , law , political science
Abstract The Iranian model of kidney transplantation is an example of a regulated living unrelated renal donation. In this paper, we collected and analyzed a unique dataset of 436 paired kidney donors and recipients, including their characteristics and the realized price of a kidney in Mashhad. As opposed to the global picture of kidney donation, we find that women are less likely to donate and more likely to receive a kidney. Moreover, the average price of a kidney amounts less than 2 years of work with the minimum level of wage.