Balancing Equity and Efficiency in Kidney Allocation
An Overview
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21598310 |
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| Authors | Amir Elalouf (0000-0002-5845-0480, Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author), Joseph S Pliskin (0000-0002-1554-0371, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 321-332 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-1801 • E-ISSN: 1469-2147 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0963180121001018 |
| PMID | 35899542 |
| OpenAlex | W4288518614 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 44 |
Organs for transplantation are a scarce resource. Markedly, the transplant community’s primary challenge is the stark disparity between the number of patients awaiting deceased donor organ transplants and the rate at which organs become available. However, the allocation of a limited number of organs poses another constant challenge: maintaining an equilibrium between renal transplant utility and equity, that is, striking a balance between the utilitarian argument of medical efficiency and the principle of equity. In this comprehensive overview, the authors delve into the challenge of maintaining an acceptable balance between equity and efficiency and elaborate on some of the factors that might inform a decisionmaker’s evaluation of the extent to which a given allocation scheme is efficient or equitable
Actuarial science · Economic growth · Economics · Health care rationing · Political science · Public economics · Resource allocation · Law · Medicine · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies · Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments · Internal Medicine · Surgery · Transplantation
| Highly cited | No |
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