Lost in Transplantation: Characterizing Racial Gaps in Physician Organ Offer Acceptance.
Hammaad AdamRene S BermeaMing Ying YangLeo Anthony CeliMarzyeh GhassemiPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)
Offer acceptance decisions are associated with inequity in the organ allocation system. Our findings demonstrate the additional barriers that Black patients face in accessing organ transplants and demonstrate the need for standardized practice, continuous distribution policies, and better organ procurement.