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The Cost of Procuring Deceased Donor Livers: Evidence From US Organ Procurement Organization Cost Reports, 2013-2018.
Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L; Peters, Thomas G; Vaughan, William P; Held, Philip; McCormick, Frank; Roberts, John P.
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  • Bragg-Gresham JL; Department of Internal Medicine - Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
  • Peters TG; Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
  • Vaughan WP; Transplant Solutions, LLC, Largo, Florida, USA.
  • Held P; Division of Nephrology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
  • McCormick F; Research Economist, Former Director of US Economic and Financial Research, Bank of America (retired), Walnut Creek, California, USA.
  • Roberts JP; Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Clin Transplant ; 38(9): e15452, 2024 Sep.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39238430
ABSTRACT
Deceased donor organs for transplantation are costly. Expenses include donor assessment, pre-operative care of acceptable donors, surgical organ recovery, preservation and transport, and other costs. US Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) serve defined geographic areas in which each OPO has exclusive organ recovery responsibilities including detailed reporting of costs. We sought to determine the costs of procuring deceased donor livers by examining reported organ acquisition costs from OPO cost reports. Using 6 years of US OPO cost report data for each OPO (2013-2018), we determined the average cost of recovering a viable (i.e., transplanted) liver for each of the 51 independent US OPOs. We examined predictors of these costs including the number of livers procured, the percent of nonviable livers, direct procurement costs, coordinator salaries, professional education, and local cost of living. A cost curve estimated the relationship between the cost of livers and the number of locally procured livers. The average cost of procured livers by individual OPO-year varied widely from $11 393 to $65 556 (average $31 659) over the six study years. An increase in the overall number of procured livers was associated with lower direct costs, administrative, and procurement overhead costs, but this association differed for imported livers. Cost per local liver decreased linearly for each additional liver, while importing more livers was only cost saving until 200 livers, with imported livers costing more ($39K vs. $31.7K). The largest predictor of variation in cost was the aggregate of direct costs (e.g., hospital costs) to recover the organ (57%). Cost increases were 2.5% per year (+$766/year). This information may be valuable in determining how OPOs might improve service to transplant centers and the patients they serve.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Donantes de Tejidos / Obtención de Tejidos y Órganos / Trasplante de Hígado Límite: Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Clin Transplant Asunto de la revista: TRANSPLANTE Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Dinamarca
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Donantes de Tejidos / Obtención de Tejidos y Órganos / Trasplante de Hígado Límite: Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Clin Transplant Asunto de la revista: TRANSPLANTE Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Dinamarca