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Lost in Transmission: Changes in Organ Donor Status Can Fall Through Cracks in the System
Patchwork state policies and limited federal oversight have led to a fragmented system for tracking when potential organ donors provide consent or change their minds.
Every day, 17 Americans die while waiting for an organ transplant. Opt-out organ donation policies, which enroll everyone into post-mortem donation programs by default unless people choose to opt out, ...
Nearly 118,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for organ transplants, and an estimated 8,000 of them will not live long enough to receive a transplant, according to STAT. As they search for solutions ...
Every day, 17 Americans die while waiting for an organ transplant. Opt-out organ donation policies, which enroll everyone into post-mortem donation programs by default unless people choose to opt out, ...
Switching to an opt-out policy has a lasting negative effect on living donor rates. Results of a difference-in-differences model with staggered treatment adoption. The vertical dashed lines in panel A ...
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