Simulating the new kidney allocation policy in the United States: modest gains and many unknowns

Affiliations

¹ Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; scholdj@ccf.org.
² Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Editorial

Jesse D Schold et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Aug.

. 2014 Aug;25(8):1617-9.

doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014030235. Epub 2014 May 15.

¹ Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; scholdj@ccf.org.
² Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Keywords: ESRD; mortality risk; outcomes; transplantation.

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New national allocation policy for deceased donor kidneys in the United States and possible effect on patient outcomes.
Israni AK, Salkowski N, Gustafson S, Snyder JJ, Friedewald JJ, Formica RN, Wang X, Shteyn E, Cherikh W, Stewart D, Samana CJ, Chung A, Hart A, Kasiske BL. Israni AK, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Aug;25(8):1842-8. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2013070784. Epub 2014 May 15. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014. PMID: 24833128 Free PMC article.

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