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  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    A Composite Endpoint to Improve Upon the Srtr 5-Tier Rating System

    R. Formica1, K. Wang2, Y. Deng2, D. Stewart3

    1Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 3UNOS, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant program performance in the US is monitored with outcome metrics used by regulatory agencies to assess provider quality and by patients to…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Identifying Health System-Level Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Health Professionals

    S. Sandal1, I. Schiller1, N. Dendukuri1, J. Robert1, K. Katergi1, A. Alam1, M. Cantarovich1, J. F. Fiore Jr1, C. Weber1, M. Fortin2

    1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    *Purpose: There is growing recognition that efforts to increase living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) should focus on health system-level inefficiencies. While previous studies focused on…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Adjustment for Race and Ethnicity Does Not Change Transplant Center Outcome Metrics for Liver Recipients

    K. Ross-Driscoll1, J. Gunasti1, J. Harding1, D. Goldberg2, R. Lynch1, R. Patzer1

    1Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2University of Miami, Miami, FL

    *Purpose: Concerns have been raised about whether transplant center metrics should be adjusted for race and ethnicity given long-standing disparities in outcomes. Proponents of adjustment…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Interaction Between Financial Barriers and Other Motivators, Barriers, and Facilitators of Living Organ Donation

    A. R. Smith1, R. J. Mandell1, M. E. Helmuth1, N. P. Goodrich1, J. B. Wiseman1, K. A. Gifford2, M. A. Fava1, A. O. Ojo3, R. M. Merion1, A. K. Mathur4

    1Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI, 2American Society for Transplant Surgeons, Arlington, VA, 3University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 4Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ

    *Purpose: Our objective was to assess how financial barriers to living donation interact with other motivators, barriers, and facilitators during the decision-making process.*Methods: Data were…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    OPTN Required SARS-CoV-2 Lower Respiratory Testing for Lung Donors: Early Impact on Patient Safety and Organ Utilization

    S. E. Booker1, C. Martinez1, C. Fox1, C. Jett1, D. Klassen1, L. Danziger-Isakov2, R. M. La Hoz3

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 3University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: The OPTN implemented emergency policy on 5/27/21 requiring lower respiratory testing (LRT) by nucleic acid test (NAT) for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) for all potential deceased…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Direct Health Care Costs Before and After Kidney Transplantation in Germany – A Longitudinal Analysis Based on Claims Data

    S. Ronicke1, K. Budde1, D. Schmidt2, W. Düttmann1, M. G. Naik1, C. J. Wagner3, J. Freitag3, B. Osmanodja1

    1Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2Buisiness Unit IT, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 3AOK Nordost Statutory Health Insurance Fund, Berlin, Germany

    *Purpose: Kidney transplantation can improve long-term survival and quality of life in transplant candidates with end-stage renal disease and has shown to have long-term economic…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    The Association of Pre-Transplant Dialysis Time and the Survival Benefit of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation

    W. F. Parker1, Y. Becker2, R. Gibbons1

    1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2University of Chicago, Hinsdale, IL

    *Purpose: The US Kidney Allocation System (KAS) allows for deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) candidates not yet on dialysis to accrue waiting time points by…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Understanding the Impact of Financial Obstacles and Reimbursement for Lost Wages on the Decision-Making Process for Living Organ Donation

    R. J. Mandell1, A. R. Smith1, K. A. Gifford2, B. A. Hong3, N. P. Goodrich1, A. K. Mathur4, M. A. Fava1, A. O. Ojo5, R. M. Merion1

    1Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI, 2American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Arlington, VA, 3Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 4Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, 5University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

    *Purpose: This study examined the impact of financial obstacles (e.g., lost wages, travel, and dependent care expenses) on the decision to initiate an evaluation for…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Early Impact of the Mission Act on Utilization of Veterans Affairs Transplant Centers

    J. C. Walker1, C. Roumie2, I. D. Feurer3, R. Forbes4

    1General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville, TN, 2Internal Medicine, VUMC, Nashville, TN, 3Surgery and Biostatistics, VUMC, Nashville, TN, 4VUMC, Nashville, TN

    *Purpose: The Veterans Affairs (VA) Maintaining Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act of 2018 was implemented in 2019 to increase veteran access to…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Patient-Reported Barriers to Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up

    B. Orandi, R. Reed, H. Qu, G. Owens, S. Brooks, C. Killian, V. Kumar, S. Sheikh, R. Cannon, C. Lewis, J. Locke

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    *Purpose: Despite regulations mandating follow-up laboratory testing for living kidney donors, less than half of transplant centers are in compliance. We sought to understand barriers…
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