Rate of Deceased Kidney Donation From Potential In-Hospital Deaths in the US, 2003-2021

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 4;7(3):e241865. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.1865.

Authors

Jennifer Bragg-Gresham¹, Ana Laura Licon¹, Jenna Kiryakos¹, Rajiv Saran^{1

2}, John P Roberts³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study calculates deceased kidney donation rates in the US using deaths compatible with donation as the metric’s denominator.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Hospital Mortality*
Humans