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16359377

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
The prospects of patients on the thoracic waiting list are governed by the chance of receiving an organ in time and by the outcome of the transplantation. The former probability is determined by a triad of disease severity, resource size and allocation rules. The aim of this study was to provide an objective description of the distributional effects of the thoracic allocation system in Eurotransplant. It appears that the interpretation of waiting-list outflow indicators is not straightforward and that it is difficult to assess the fairness of an organ allocation system in the framework of changing donor-organ availability. The timing of listing for heart transplantation can substantially be improved; whether this is also true for lung transplantation cannot be determined from the available data. Allocation schemes cannot solve the problem of organ shortage; a shift of attention toward collaboration with procurement professionals is needed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0934-0874
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
54-66
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Waiting for a thoracic transplant in Eurotransplant.
pubmed:affiliation
Eurotransplant International Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands. jsmits@eurotransplant.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article