Supply, demand & kidney transplants

Policy Review

Volumn , Issue 144, 2007, Pages 59-69

  Satel, Sally ^a  

^a AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 34548695457     PISSN: 01465945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (4)

1. Dr. Guthrie's story was reported in Alan Zarembo, "How old is too old for a transplant? Kidneys are scarce. Elderly patients may get fewer if rules change," Los Angeles Times (November 5, 2006).
2. Paired exchanges are estimated to yield about 1,000 new kidneys per year, according to Dorry Segev, MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medecine (personal communication, May 16, 2007). Non-heart-beating decedents may yield as many as 7,000 new donors per year (at 1.5 kidneys per donor, plus other vital organs) from deaths that occur in hospitals, according to Jim Warren, editor of Transplant News (personal communication, April 12, 2007).
3. Judith Graham, "Should age determine who gets a kidney transplant? Controversial proposal would put younger patients higher on waiting list," Chicago Tribune (February 9, 2007).
4. Arthur J. Matas and Mark Schnitzler, "Payment for Living Donor (Vendor) Kidneys: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis," American Journal of Transplantation 4 (February 2004).