On the Feasibility of Resolving the Organ Shortage

On the Feasibility of Resolving the Organ Shortage

Debates concerning the feasibility of resolving the organ shortage from the potential pool of deceased donors have suffered from both conceptual and empirical problems. Conceptually, several authors mistakenly have viewed recipient waiting lists as a measure of the magnitude of the shortage. And emp...

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Main Author: David L. Kaserman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2006-05-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_43.2.160
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spelling doaj-f6508a384c1c4258bd23ef815e3c374c2020-11-25T03:00:05ZengSAGE PublishingInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing0046-95802006-05-014310.5034/inquiryjrnl_43.2.160On the Feasibility of Resolving the Organ ShortageDavid L. KasermanDebates concerning the feasibility of resolving the organ shortage from the potential pool of deceased donors have suffered from both conceptual and empirical problems. Conceptually, several authors mistakenly have viewed recipient waiting lists as a measure of the magnitude of the shortage. And empirically, the number of deaths that would qualify for potential organ donation has proven difficult to estimate. While the latter problem appears to have been substantially lessened by recent work, the former, definitional, problem remains. This paper offers the economically correct definition of a shortage and applies that definition to the new data on potential supply.https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_43.2.160
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description Debates concerning the feasibility of resolving the organ shortage from the potential pool of deceased donors have suffered from both conceptual and empirical problems. Conceptually, several authors mistakenly have viewed recipient waiting lists as a measure of the magnitude of the shortage. And empirically, the number of deaths that would qualify for potential organ donation has proven difficult to estimate. While the latter problem appears to have been substantially lessened by recent work, the former, definitional, problem remains. This paper offers the economically correct definition of a shortage and applies that definition to the new data on potential supply.
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