Equal opportunity supplemented by fair innings: Equity and efficiency in allocating deceased donor kidneys

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2115-2124

  Ross, L F ^a,b   Parker, W ^c   Veatch, R M ^d   Gentry, S E ^e,f   Thistlethwaite, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age matching; efficiency; equal opportunity; equity; ethics; fair innings; kidney transplantation; lifespan equity; organ allocation; public policy; utility

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84864449691     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04141.x     Document Type: Article

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