Paying living donors to donate their kidneys to patients undergoing dialysis could be cost-effective, say researchers. Barnieh et al. report that if paying CAN$10,000 per kidney increased the number of living donors by 5%, the incremental cost saving and gain in quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) per recipient would be $340 and 0.11, respectively. If the number of donors increased by 20%, a cost saving of $4,030 and gain in QALYs of 0.39 per recipient could be achieved.
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Barnieh, L. et al. The cost-effectiveness of using payment to increase living donor kidneys for transplantation. Clin. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 10.2215/CJN.03350313
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Paying living donors for their kidneys could be cost-effective. Nat Rev Nephrol 10, 2 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2013.237
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