Tissue Matching and Matchability in Kidney Transplantation

Walter R. Gilks

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, 1991, vol. 40, issue 2, 317-336

Abstract: Success in kidney transplantation depends on the degree of tissue matching between donor and recipient. The matchability of a patient is defined as the probability that the patient will be offered a well‐matched kidney from a random donor. Matchability depends on the patient's tissue type, but also depends on the tissue types of other patients awaiting kidney transplantation. A method of estimating matchability is proposed. By simulation, some possibilities for introducing a matchability criterion into the priority scheme for recipient selection are explored, to increase the numbers of patients receiving well‐matched kidneys and to provide a more equitable allocation of kidneys to matchability groups.

Date: 1991
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.2307/2347596

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:jorssc:v:40:y:1991:i:2:p:317-336

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://ordering.onli ... 1111/(ISSN)1467-9876

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C is currently edited by R. Chandler and P. W. F. Smith

More articles in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C from Royal Statistical Society Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().