Socioeconomic and Financial Challenges Affecting 2500 Potential Living Kidney Donors’ Pursuit of Donation
A. Waterman1, O. N. Ranasinghe1, Y. Cui2, J. L. Beaumont2, D. Adey3, U. Reddy4, B. Campbell5, F. L. Weng6
1Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 3UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, 4UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, 5Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 6St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, CA
Meeting: 2020 American Transplant Congress
Abstract number: A-168
Keywords: Economics, Kidney transplantation, Living donor, Psychosocial
Session Information
Session Name: Poster Session A: Liver: Recipient Selection
Session Type: Poster Session
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2020
Session Time: 3:15pm-4:00pm
Presentation Time: 3:30pm-4:00pm
Location: Virtual
*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% White, 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% Asian] assessing if any socioeconomic factors, possibility of incurring donation-related costs, or ability to take time off work would: (1) deter potential donors from taking donation steps, and (2) be associated with a greater preference not to be chosen as a donor, and whether this differed by race.
*Methods: We surveyed potential donors from five transplant centers with no clear medical contraindications to donation, 37% of whom had incomes <$50,000.
*Results: Compared to White donors, more non-White donors had incomes below $50,000 (51% vs. 23%), no insurance (17% vs. 6%), and no access to a car (8% vs. 3%) (P < 0.001). Some reported that having to take time off work (18%) or incurring donation related costs (16%) would deter them from donation, with non-white donors (20% time off; 18% costs) reporting these more commonly than white donors (16% time off; 14% costs). A greater proportion of the donors who reported time off and costs as deterrents also wished their recipient would receive a kidney from someone other than them (time off: 22% vs. 6%, cost: 20% vs. 7%; P < 0.001). White donors completed an average of 6.4 steps toward donation compared to 5.7 for non-White donors (Table, p<0.001). Donors who reported a financial challenge such as lack of health insurance, lack of access to a car, or cost burden completed fewer steps towards transplant (Table).
*Conclusions: Greater financial challenges were negatively associated with motivation and actions towards donation. These factors are more prevalent in non-White donors. Further assessment is necessary to determine if these challenges affect who actually donated.
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Waterman A, Ranasinghe ON, Cui Y, Beaumont JL, Adey D, Reddy U, Campbell B, Weng FL. Socioeconomic and Financial Challenges Affecting 2500 Potential Living Kidney Donors’ Pursuit of Donation [abstract]. Am J Transplant. 2020; 20 (suppl 3). https://atcmeetingabstracts.com/abstract/socioeconomic-and-financial-challenges-affecting-2500-potential-living-kidney-donors-pursuit-of-donation/. Accessed October 9, 2024.« Back to 2020 American Transplant Congress