2019 American Transplant Congress
Do Reimbursement Programs Increase The Number Of Living Organ Donations?
*Purpose: Living-donor kidney transplantation is the gold standard treatment for the end-stage renal disease. However, living donors worldwide face significant financial and logistic barriers. To…2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Income-Based Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation in the Context of a Nationally-Financed Health System in Brazil
*Purpose: Changes in economic and social factors in low- and middle-income countries have led to rising burden of chronic disease. Brazil, a middle-income country with…2019 American Transplant Congress
Lower Alcohol Taxes Are Associated with Increased Liver Transplant Listing
*Purpose: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading indication for liver transplantation worldwide with rising prevalence. Whether relationships exist between transplant listing for ALD and…2019 American Transplant Congress
simplifyKDPI: An Animated Video to Educate Kidney Transplant Candidates about the Kidney Donor Profile Index
SUNY Buffalo/ECMC, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: simplifyKDPI is an iteratively-designed patient-engaged mobile educational animated video program developed with guidance from patients, providers and Self-efficacy and Multimedia Learning Theories to increase…2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Procurement Organization Performance is Not Related to Educational Spending
*Purpose: We examined the educational spending by OPOs in relationship to OPO performance metrics.*Methods: Data sources: OPO Cost Reports (CMS 216-94 Form), SRTR OPO Specific…2019 American Transplant Congress
Identifying a Clinically Relevant Cut-Off for Height That is Associated with a Higher Risk of Waitlist Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates
University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: We have previously demonstrated that candidate height explains a substantial proportion of sex-based disparity in waitlist (WL) mortality among liver transplant (LT) candidates. To…2019 American Transplant Congress
Oral Ribavirin Therapy for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Lung Transplant Recipients: The Impact of Policy Implementation on Cost and Appropriate Use
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: RSV is a leading cause of viral infections in lung transplant recipients and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While the role of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Post Liver Transplant 30-Day Readmission Using Deep Neural Network Model
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) is a complex, expensive process and requires multidisciplinary care. A significant portion of the estimated $735,000 LT cost can be attributed…2019 American Transplant Congress
Use of an Ideal Body Weight-Based Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Dosing Protocol in Kidney Transplant Recipients to Decrease Cost and Maintain Outcomes at a Large Academic Medical Center
1Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: This quality improvement study sought to assess if rejection post-transplant was increased following implementation of an ideal body weight (IBW)-based dosing protocol for patients…2019 American Transplant Congress
Continuous Distribution: LSAM Simulation Study
1SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 2Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, 3Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: This liver simulated allocation model (LSAM) study of a simple continuous distribution system for several parameter values introduces and describes its characteristics, demonstrating how…
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