Lost in translation: Misguided application of a laudable and well-intentioned policy

Am J Transplant. 2023 Aug;23(8):1274-1275. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.04.019. Epub 2023 Apr 21.

Authors

Christie P Thomas¹, James J Wynn², Robert J Stratta³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and VA Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
² Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Surgery, Section of Transplantation, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

PMID: 37088142
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.04.019

No abstract available

Keywords: OPTN; Waiting time; access; allocation; equity; estimated glomerular filtration rate; race-neutral formula.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Policy
Tissue Donors*
Tissue and Organ Procurement*
Waiting Lists