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- Title
Rewards to increase living kidney donation: The state of the art.
- Authors
Querido, Sara; Weigert, André; Adragáo, Teresa; Machado, Domingos; Pais, Diogo
- Abstract
The article argues that living kidney donation (LKD) are associated with improved outcomes allowing for preemptive transplantation which is associated with a better survival rate. It mentions that multiple strategies to increase living donation have been proposed including the promotion of financial incentives for living donors. It further mentions donor selection criteria defined by the World Health Organization (WHO).
- Subjects
ORGAN donation; KIDNEY exchange; KIDNEY transplantation; MONETARY incentives; WORLD Health Organization
- Publication
Nefrologia, 2019, Vol 39, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
0211-6995
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1016/j.nefro.2018.08.003