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. 2020 Jun;1(6):557-560.
doi: 10.34067/KID.0001172020.

The Advancing American Kidney Health (AAKH) Executive Order: Promise and Caveats for Expanding Access to Kidney Transplantation

Krista L Lentine  1 , Roslyn B Mannon  2
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The Advancing American Kidney Health (AAKH) Executive Order: Promise and Caveats for Expanding Access to Kidney Transplantation

Krista L Lentine et al. Kidney360. 2020 Jun.
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Conflict of interest statement

K. Lentine is a member of the American Society of Nephrology Quality Committee, serves on Sanofi speaker’s bureau, and performs consulting for CareDx. R. Mannon is a member of the American Society of Nephrology Policy and Advocacy Committee.

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Opportunities and challenges for expanding kidney transplant access through the AAKH Executive Order. AAKH, Advancing American Kidney Health; DDKT, deceased donor kidney transplantation; EO, Executive Order; KTB, Kidney Transplant Bonus; LDKT, living donor kidney transplantation; NLDAC, National Living Donor Assistance Center; OPO, Organ Procurement Organization.
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