Deceased donor kidney allocation: an economic evaluation of contemporary longevity matching practices

• Main Authors: Sameera Senanayake (Author), Nicholas Graves (Author), Helen Healy (Author), Keshwar Baboolal (Author), Adrian Barnett (Author), Matthew P. Sypek (Author), Sanjeewa Kularatna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Matching survival of a donor kidney with that of the recipient (longevity matching), is used in some kidney allocation systems to maximize graft-life years. It is not part of the allocation algorithm for Australia. Given the growing evidence of survival benefit due to longevity m...