TY - JOUR
T1 - Jurisdictional inequalities in deceased donor kidney allocation in Australia
AU - Hu, Anne
AU - Stewart, Cameron
AU - Craig, Jonathan C.
AU - Wyburn, Kate
AU - Pleass, Henry
AU - Kanellis, John
AU - Lim, Wai H.
AU - Yang, Jean
AU - Wong, Germaine
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Transplant recipients generally live longer and have better overall quality of life compared with patients treated with maintenance dialysis.1 However, not all patients on dialysis waiting for a kidney transplant will enjoy the benefits of transplantation before death. The annual mortality rate on the Australian deceased donor kidney transplant waiting list is approximately 2% to 5% (varied by age of the transplant candidates), owing largely to cardiovascular-related deaths. The major impediment to transplantation is shortage of donor organs. Although there has been an increase in organ donation rate from <11 donors per million population to 21.6 donors per million population in Australia over the past decade, the number of patients on dialysis in need of transplantation has also increased substantially over time.2 Even if donation rates continue to increase, demand will likely outstrip the supply, necessitating careful attention to donation, equitable access, and allocation...
AB - Transplant recipients generally live longer and have better overall quality of life compared with patients treated with maintenance dialysis.1 However, not all patients on dialysis waiting for a kidney transplant will enjoy the benefits of transplantation before death. The annual mortality rate on the Australian deceased donor kidney transplant waiting list is approximately 2% to 5% (varied by age of the transplant candidates), owing largely to cardiovascular-related deaths. The major impediment to transplantation is shortage of donor organs. Although there has been an increase in organ donation rate from <11 donors per million population to 21.6 donors per million population in Australia over the past decade, the number of patients on dialysis in need of transplantation has also increased substantially over time.2 Even if donation rates continue to increase, demand will likely outstrip the supply, necessitating careful attention to donation, equitable access, and allocation...
KW - deceased donor allocation
KW - equity
KW - kidney transplantation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106605992&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.kint.2021.04.028
DO - 10.1016/j.kint.2021.04.028
M3 - Article
C2 - 33961869
AN - SCOPUS:85106605992
VL - 100
SP - 49
EP - 54
JO - Kidney International
JF - Kidney International
SN - 0085-2538
IS - 1
ER -