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Significant Potential Utility for Donor Yield Models: But Proceed With Caution
Author(s) -
Schold J.D.,
Goldfarb D.A.
Publication year - 2011
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/j.1600-6143.2011.03641.x
Subject(s) - medicine , yield (engineering) , unintended consequences , incentive , actuarial science , risk analysis (engineering) , intensive care medicine , business , economics , political science , law , microeconomics , materials science , metallurgy
While donor yield models should be viewed as valuable tools for the transplant community, their application for regulatory and quality oversight should be carefully considered given potential for unintended consequences and systematic biases between organ procurement organizations. See article by Messersmith et al on page 2075.