A critical look at the U.S. deceased‐donor organ procurement and utilization system. (29th June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ersoy, Ozge Ceren; Gupta, Diwakar; Pruett, Timothy
• Other Names: Gupta Diwakar guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Naval research logistics. Volume 68:Number 1(2021)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 29
• Publication Date: 2020-06-29
• Subjects: discard rate -- distribution and allocation of organs -- donor risk‐and transplantation‐benefit measurement -- organ procurement organizations -- transplant centers; Logistics, Naval -- Periodicals; Supplies and stores -- Periodicals; 359.07
• DOI: 10.1002/nav.21924
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0894-069X

Abstract

Abstract: The U.S. system for procuring and utilizing deceased‐donor organs for transplantation has been studied and written about in many articles. The purpose of this paper is to examine the interactions between the elements that comprise this system, and point out improvement opportunities that may be affected through operations research/management techniques. The authors demonstrate the need for developing data‐driven and analytic tools. In fact, data is used to generate hypotheses and support claims throughout the paper. The paper also points out the need to fully leverage data that is available to researchers, and to seek data that is currently not deposited in a centralized archive.