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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-24
pubmed:abstractText
Scandiatransplant is an organ exchange organisation founded in 1969. It serves a population of 23 million inhabitants in the five Nordic countries; Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Scandiatransplant maintains a common central waiting list for all Nordic patients waiting for necro-organ transplantation. The waiting lists are maintained on a central computer by each of the eleven transplant centres in the organisation. The number of necro-organ donors in Scandiatransplant is about 340-375 yearly, corresponding to 15-16 donors per million population (PMP) per year. Since the foundation, a total of 14,500 necro-kidney transplants have been performed, and the number of transplants with extrarenal organs is steadily increasing. Presently, about 7-8 liver transplants PMP are being performed, and the heart transplant activity amounts to about 5 PMP. The supreme authority of Scandiatransplant is the Council of Representatives, in which each transplant centre is represented by one or more professionals who are clinically active in organ transplantation. The responsibility for day-to-day operations lies with the Board which has one member appointed by each of the five Nordic countries and a chairman elected by the Council. The activities of Scandiatransplant are financed exclusively by the participating centres.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0355-9521
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
186-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Organ exchange in the Nordic countries.
pubmed:affiliation
Scandiatransplant, Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article