Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A speculated alternative to the Kidney Allocation System is continuous kidney allocation, which can be designed ...

The implementation of a new U.S. kidney transplant allocation system did not solve many of the inequities that low-income and minority kidney disease patients face, Drexel University College of ...

The implementation of a new U.S. kidney transplant allocation system did not solve many of the inequities that low-income and minority kidney disease patients face, Drexel University College of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Five years after the Kidney Allocation System was implemented, racial and ethnic disparities decreased in ...

A study of patients initiating dialysis during 2012-2016 at nine transplant centers in the Southeastern US found that dialysis facilities referred more incident patients and transplant centers ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A months-long investigation into the allocation process of kidneys that are donated in Hawaii has uncovered an apparent oversight in the distribution process. The committee ...

(HealthDay News) — A new kidney allocation system implemented in 2014 by the United Network for Organ Sharing reduced racial disparities in receipt of kidney transplant, according to a study published ...

Organ donation and transplantation are saving more lives in the United States than ever before, thanks to concerted work by stakeholders from across the country: donor families, organ procurement ...

From the moment a kidney becomes available, there are just 24 hours to identify the recipient and carry out the transplant. Waiting lists are extremely long, available organs are few and not all of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina say the average wait time for a kidney transplant at MUSC is three and a half years. Last month, the United Network for ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - There are 93,000 desperate people on the list for a kidney transplant in the United States. Last year, more than 4,700 died waiting. And yet in each of the last five years, 2,600 to ...