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assessing current policies and the potential impact of the DHHS final rule
Organ procurement and transplantation (Print)
Committee on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Policy.
xx, 232 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Introduction -- Evolution of the federal system of organ transplantation -- The latest call for change: the "final rule" -- The ensuing controversy -- Charge to the committee -- Committee methods and focus of the report -- Organization of the report -- Current policies and practices -- Organ procurement organizations -- The organ allocation process -- Criticisms of the current policies -- Conclusions -- Access to tranplantation -- Factors affecting access -- Potential closure of small transplant centers -- Potential implications of Medicaid payment policies -- Conclusions -- Organ donation -- Current status -- Public and professional attitudes -- Required request and routine notification -- Assessing OPO performance -- Conclusions -- Analysis of waiting times -- Method of analysis -- Results -- The effect of sharing -- Summary -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Organ failure and patient survival -- Organ preservation and donor influences -- Review of literature -- Assessing the impact -- Posttransplant patient survival -- Conclusions -- Costs -- Defining the components of cost -- Increased expenditure due to transplantation of sicker patients -- Increased expenses for organ acquisition -- Conclusion -- Oversight and review -- Role of the federal government -- Data collection, analysis, and dissemination.
Committee on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Policy, Division of Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index.
Organ procurement and transplantation (Online)