Background: Organ transplants require proper monitoring and tracking. This research examines the adoption of blockchain in the organ supply chain to bring transparency and help patients avoid the fraud that may be faced in the organ transplant process. This study aims to develop a framework and...

In the past two decades, the design and implementation of living donor kidney exchange clearinghouses have been a major success story in market design. Instead of batching and optimizing exchanges over a fixed pool of incompatible patient-donor pairs, the busiest programs now operate...

Background Mongolia introduced liver transplantation 10 years ago, becoming the 46th country globally to successfully perform this procedure. However, the cost of liver transplantation treatment remains expensive in Mongolia, a lower-middle-income country. Thus, the need to calculate the cost of...

We investigate the factors that influence the variance in hospital charges and inpatient care for kidney transplant cases in the US. Using the AHRQ's (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) HCUP's (Hospital Cost and Utilization Project) NIS (National Inpatient Sample) database, we find that...

The primary goal of living crossover kidney donation is to overcome medical incompatibility between donor and recipient through organ exchange and thereby increase the number of kidney transplants. Internationally, a number of best practices have been established on which our statement and...

Organ shortage is a public issue, whereas in many countries the demand for organ donation cards is a purely private decision. Most policies employed to reduce organ shortage do not seem to work very well. The consequence is that receiving a donated organ when direly needed becomes a lottery. In...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is one of the most prevalent and fatal diseases influencing people on a larger that remains dormant until irreversible damage has been done to an individual's kidney. Progression of CKD is related to a variety of great complications, including increased incidence of...

Renal patients which have a willing but incompatible donor can decide to participate in a kidney exchange program (KEP). The goal of a KEP is to identify sets of such incompatible pairs that can exchange donors, leading to compatible transplants for each recipient. There is significant...

Brazil has one of the most extensive public program for organ transplantation in the world, and the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) provides full coverage procedures related to organ donation, transplants, and post-transplant. Despite the relevance of the subject and the existence of long...

Brazil has one of the most extensive public program for organ transplantation in the world, and the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) provides full coverage procedures related to organ donation, transplants, and post-transplant. Despite the relevance of the subject and the existence of long...

We study disparities in liver transplant allocation when innovation alleviates the scarcity of organs. When direct-acting antivirals for Hepatitis C (HCV) reduced HCV+ liver demand, we show a disproportionate increase in White HCV- liver transplants (56.6%) relative to Black HCV- transplants...

In 2019, the United States implemented new regulations for Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) aimed at increasing transparency and strengthening accountability. These rules introduced stronger performance incentives designed to improve organ procurement outcomes. This paper examines the...

Iran has the world's only government-regulated kidney market. We report the results of the first field study of donor behaviour in this unusual market. Participants have lower risk tolerance and higher patience levels than the Iranian average but display no difference in rationality from...

Shortages in organs for transplantation have resulted in a renewed interest in designing incentive policies to promote organ supply. The donor‐priority rule, which grants priority for transplantation based on deceased organ donor registration status, has proven to be effective in both theory...