Journal article
Life Insurance for Living Kidney Donors: A Canadian Undercover Investigation
Abstract
Some living kidney donors encounter difficulties obtaining life insurance, despite previous surveys of insurance companies reporting otherwise. To better understand the effect of donation on insurability, we contacted offices of life insurance companies in five major cities in Canada to obtain $100 000 of life insurance (20-year term) for 40 fictitious living kidney donors and 40 paired controls. These profiles were matched on age, gender, …
Authors
Yang RC; Young A; Nevis IFP; Lee D; Jain AK; Dominic A; Pullenayegum E; Klarenbach S; Garg AX; Network FTDNOR
Journal
American Journal of Transplantation, Vol. 9, No. 7, pp. 1585–1590
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2009
DOI
10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02679.x
ISSN
1600-6135