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Articles tagged "Public policy"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Trends of Kidney Transplant Volume During Covid-19 Era

    G. Rajashekar1, S. Chang1, K. Lentine2, J. Wellen1, T. Alhamad1, M. Merzkani1, H. Murad1

    1Nephrology, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint louis, MO, 2Nephrology, SSM Saint Louis University, Saint louis, MO

    *Purpose: The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the clinical syndrome of COVID-19 have significantly disrupted routine healthcare and life-saving procedures, including solid organ transplantation. This resulted…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Intersection of Cost, Quality, and Volume in Liver Transplant

    D. Axelrod1, R. Balakrishnan1, A. Harris2, S. Hohmann2, J. Snyder3, B. Kasiske3, M. Schnitzler4, K. Lentine4

    1Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2Vizient Inc., Irving, TX, 3SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 4Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO

    *Purpose: As a consequence of changing allocation practices and the ongoing shortage of high-quality organs, the cost of liver transplant (LT) continues to increase throughout…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Investigating Physician Outlook Regarding Living Donation Prior to Planned Withdrawal of Care

    S. Rath1, L. Washburn2, S. Creden1, M. Goss3, A. Rana1, J. Goss1, N. T. Galvan1

    1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 3McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the attitudes of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in transplant and critical care regarding Living…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Transplant Trainee Education and Recruitment Experiences

    D. E. Cassidy1, A. E. Gomez-Rexode1, J. R. Santos-Parker1, M. S. Anderson2, L. M. McElroy3, M. E. Byrnes2, S. A. Waits2, V. S. Valbuena2

    1University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    *Purpose: The demand for training in abdominal transplantation has continued to decrease. General surgery residents have less exposure to transplant surgery, creating a need for…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Traveling for Transplant on Access to and Outcomes from Kidney and Liver Transplantation

    K. Ross-Driscoll1, R. Lynch1, D. Axelrod2, R. Patzer1

    1Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2University of Iowa, Ames, IA

    *Purpose: Newly developed transplant referral regions (TRRs) can be used to understand how and why patients travel outside of their home transplant center to receive…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Effect of Acuity Circles on Deceased Donor Transplant and Offer Rates Across Meld and Exception Statuses

    A. Wey1, S. Noreen2, S. Gentry3, N. Salkowski1, M. Cafarella2, R. Hirose4, J. Trotter5, D. Segev6, A. Israni1, J. Snyder1, B. Kasiske1

    1SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 2UNOS, Richmond, VA, 3USNA, Annapolis, MD, 4Univ of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 5BSW Health, Dallas, TX, 6Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Acuity circles (AC) allocation was implemented on February 4, 2020. AC significantly changed the relative priority of candidates with allocation PELD/MELD scores of 29…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Panic in the Pandemic: A Medical Decision Analysis Examining When Kidney Transplant Programs Should Close

    A. J. Vinson1, B. Kiberd2, K. Tennankore1

    1Nova Scotia Health Authority Division of Nephrology, Departm, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    *Purpose: Pandemics greatly interfere with overall health care delivery as resources are diverted to combat the crisis. Kidney transplantation programs were closed temporarily during the…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    General Public Attitude Toward Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA) Donation?

    M. S. S Gharibdousti1, M. T Khasawneh1, A. L Friedman2

    1System Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University, Vestal, NY, 2LiveOnNY, New York City, NY

    *Purpose: To analyze factors associated with affirmative authorization for VCA donation from public opinion.*Methods: KnowledgePanel is the largest online panel that relies on probability-based sampling…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Summary of the OPTN’s Policy and System Modifications in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

    A. Wilk, S. Taranto, C. Jett, L. Cartwright

    UNOS, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: In April 2020, the OPTN made several policy and system modifications in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic including updates to candidate lab data,…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Geographic Variation in Candidate Listing Behavior Under the New Heart Allocation Policy

    G. Ran1, K. Chung1, A. S. Anderson2, R. Gibbons3, N. Narang4, M. Churpek5, W. F. Parker1

    1Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Department of Medicine, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antoion, TX, 3Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 4Department of Medicine, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL, 5Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

    *Purpose: Describe and explain variations in listing practice among U.S. transplant centers in response to the new allocation policy.*Methods: We performed an observational cohort study…
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