Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Thousands of kidney disease patients' lives around the world could be saved every year if countries adopted the UK's rules on organ donation, a new study …
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Stanford Health Policy Forum: Ending the Organ Donation Shortage
by News Sourceby News SourceOver 100000 Americans are currently waiting for a transplant of a kidney or other vital organ. Because the demand outstrips the …
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Liver Transplantation
New US liver transplant policy raises concerns about costs and equity, according to new study
CNN — Policy changes governing liver transplant allocation in the United States were intended to increase the number of transplants and make the process more equitable, but new research raises …
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Organ Donation
Innovation and policy updates will increase equity and lead to record number of life-saving organ transplants by 2023
by cindyyoungby cindyyoungJanuary 11, 2024, Richmond, Virginia More Black, non-Hispanic patients are receiving organ transplants than ever before. Today, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) announced another record year for organ …
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Lung Transplantation
Six months after implementation of new lung policy, lung transplant rates continue to increase
December 4, 2023 | Heart/Lung, News, Policy Monitoring Report new Data monitoring report will assess key metrics six months after implementation of the current lung allocation system, which took effect …