2020 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Ontario Marginalization Index Generated from 3-Digit Postal Code in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: This study validates the 2016 Ontario Marginalization Index (OMI) scores derived from 3-digit postal codes to enable its research use in place of scores…2020 American Transplant Congress
Ethical Considerations and Post-Operative Outcomes in Good Samaritan Living Liver Donors: What Motivates Individuals to Donate to Strangers
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Few transplant centers evaluate Good Samaritan living liver donors, secondary to ethical concerns and lack of evidence that the post-operative outcomes are comparable to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Dose Reduction of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin for Kidney Transplant Induction: Possible Cost Savings?
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Based on the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) annual report, there has been an increase in the number of adults ages 65-74 waiting…2020 American Transplant Congress
Anticipated Cost Savings of Using Lungs from Hepatitis C-Positive Lung Donors for Hepatitis C-Negative Recipients
*Purpose: We assessed the cost savings generated by additional organ availability due to utilizing lungs from hepatitis-C infected donors for transplantation in comparison to existing…2020 American Transplant Congress
Tele Health Utilization in Kidney Transplantation Clinic
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
*Purpose: Most of the kidney transplanted (KT) patients are well educated and have been receiving nearly the same medications every visit. In usual OPD care,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Financial Analysis of Donor HCV+ Kidney in HCV- Recipients
*Purpose: Use of organs from viremic hepatitis C positive donors (dHCV+) in recipients without HCV has been demonstrated to improve access to kidney transplant (KTx).…2020 American Transplant Congress
Public Health Insurance is Associated with Reduced Access to Living Donor Liver Transplantation and Increased Liver Transplant Waiting List Mortality: An Analysis of the SRTR
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is associated with improved survival and lower hospital costs, but it continues to makes up less than 5% of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Cost-Effectiveness of Protocol Biopsies in Kidney Transplantation
Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To perform an economic evaluation of protocol biopsies in kidney transplantation*Methods: We used a Markov decision analytical model (Figure 1) to compare the following…2020 American Transplant Congress
Concept Discussion: Five Experimental Stages to Establish the Methodologies for Organ Farming
George Washington University, Bristow, VA
*Purpose: Most of the technologies to grow human organs in vitro already exist, but experimentation (and policy development support) will be required to ensure that:*Methods:…2020 American Transplant Congress
Socioeconomic and Financial Challenges Affecting 2500 Potential Living Kidney Donors’ Pursuit of Donation
*Purpose: To identify financial factors that affect living kidney donors’ attitudes and progress towards donation, we conducted a survey of 2576 potential living donors [48%…
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