Heart Transplant Equity: Effect of 2018 Allocation Policy Change on Recipient Mortality and Morbidity by Race and Ethnicity.
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DOI: 10.1097/xcs.0000000000001374
Abstract: BACKGROUND In 2018, the US heart allocation policy was changed from 3-tiers to 6-tiers for a more granular assessment of patients' medical urgency. Given previous studies showing significant discrepancies in post-transplant outcomes among Black and… read more here.
Keywords: allocation change; mortality; change; post allocation ... See more keywords
The heart transplant allocation change attenuates but does not eliminate blood group O waitlist outcome disadvantage.
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DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14620
Abstract: BACKGROUND Patients with blood group O have historically been disadvantaged in the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) heart transplant allocation system. We sought to determine whether the new UNOS allocation system implemented in 2018… read more here.
Keywords: heart transplant; allocation; blood group; allocation change ... See more keywords