Lack of direct airline routes limit the flexibility of organ transplantation policies.
A new airline route can increase the number of kidneys shared between different regions by more than 7% while also decreasing the organ discard rate.
An increase in the quantity of kidneys does not come with a decrease in kidney quality.
CATONSVILLE, MD, July 12, 2021 - It s a supply and demand problem, it s a transportation problem, it s a donor problem - and that just scratches the surface. According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, every 9 minutes a new patient is added to the organ waiting list. Every day 17 people die waiting for a kidney transplant. New research in the INFORMS journal