Access to the Kidney Transplant Waiting List – a time for reflection

Pussell, B; Bendorf, A; Kerridge, I

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Pussell, B
dc.contributor.author	Bendorf, A
dc.contributor.author	Kerridge, I
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-17
dc.date.available	2016-05-17
dc.date.issued	2012-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Pussell B, Bendorf A, Kerridge I. Access to the Kidney Transplant Waiting List – a time for reflection. Intern Med J. 2012;42(4):360-3.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2123/14936
dc.description	postprint	en
dc.description.abstract	The limited availability of deceased donor kidneys for transplantation in Australia continues to be a matter of concern. Analysis of registry data suggests that the current renal transplant waiting list under-represents the real demand for three reasons. Firstly, a very low proportion of dialysis patients across all age groups are wait-listed for kidney transplantation; secondly, the percentage of dialysis patients listed for transplantation has fallen over time across all Australian states and territories; and thirdly, the number of patients wait-listed varies significantly across the country. We explore possible reasons for these issues and call for new eligibility criteria that are both transparent and justifiable and balance equity and utility.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Wiley	en
dc.rights	Other
dc.subject	deceased donor kidney	en
dc.subject	renal transplant waiting list	en
dc.subject	kidney transplantation	en
dc.subject	dialysis patient	en
dc.subject	equity and utility	en
dc.subject	eligibility criteria	en
dc.title	Access to the Kidney Transplant Waiting List – a time for reflection	en
dc.type	Article	en
usyd.faculty	Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Health Ethics