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. 2019 Sep 3;4(11):1630-1633.
doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2019.08.018. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Geographic Variation in the Availability of Deceased Donor Kidneys per Wait-Listed Candidate in the United States

Kristen L King  1   2 , S Ali Husain  1   2 , Sumit Mohan  1   2   3
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Geographic Variation in the Availability of Deceased Donor Kidneys per Wait-Listed Candidate in the United States

Kristen L King et al. Kidney Int Rep. .
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Ratio of deceased donor kidneys recovered per candidate added to the wait-list, by donation service area (DSA; 2015–2018). The organ-per-candidate ratio varied from 0.21 to 1.79 kidneys recovered per new candidate. Only 5 of 58 DSAs had more kidneys recovered than candidates added to the wait-list. Alaska and Hawaii are in region 6; Puerto Rico is in region 3. Data source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients standard analytic file, June 2018. Map created in ArcGIS ArcMap, version 10.6.
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