Journal article
Financial Costs Incurred by Living Kidney Donors: A Prospective Cohort Study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Approximately 40% of the kidneys for transplant worldwide come from living donors. Despite advantages of living donor transplants, rates have stagnated in recent years. One possible barrier may be costs related to the transplant process that potential willing donors may incur for travel, parking, accommodation, and lost productivity.
METHODS: To better understand and quantify the financial costs incurred by living kidney donors, we …
Authors
Przech S; Garg AX; Arnold JB; Barnieh L; Cuerden MS; Dipchand C; Feldman L; Gill JS; Karpinski M; Knoll G
Journal
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 29, No. 12, pp. 2847–2857
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
December 2018
DOI
10.1681/asn.2018040398
ISSN
1046-6673