Organ Procurement and Transplantation

ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION:
Assessing Current Policies and the Potential Impact of the DHHS Final Rule:

Report of The Committee on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Policy
Division of Health Science Policy, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE

• Cover
• Committee on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Policy
• Reviewers
• Foreward
• Preface
• Acronyms
• Table of Contents
• List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Current Policies and Practices
• Chapter 3: Access to Transplantation
• Chapter 4: Organ Donation
• Chapter 5: Analysis of Waiting Times
• Chapter 6: Organ Failure and Patient Survival
• Chapter 7: Costs
• Chapter 8: Oversight and Review
• References

APPENDIXES

• A: Data Sources and Methods
• B: Guide to Summary Tables
• C: Current Liver Allocation Policies
• D: The "Final Rule"
• E: Committee and Staff Biographies