Effectiveness of Different Kidney Exchange Mechanisms on Improving Living Donor Transplantation in Chile

Diego Contreras and Javier Dominguez

No 384, Documentos de Trabajo from Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Abstract: Chile has a very low cadaveric organ donation rate; at the same time, living donor transplantation activity is low. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact on the number and quality of transplants of the potential application of different mechanisms for kidney exchange from living donors to patients on Chile's waiting list.

Keywords: Organ Donation Rate; living kidney donation; kidney exchange mechanisms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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