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Organ Donation: Assessing Performance of Organ Procurement Organizations

T-HEHS-98-131 Published: Apr 08, 1998. Publicly Released: Apr 08, 1998.
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GAO discussed: (1) whether the current standard for assessing the local organ procurement organizations' (OPO) effectiveness appropriately measures the extent to which OPOs are maximizing their ability to identify, procure, and transplant organs and tissue; and (2) alternatives to the current standard that could be more effective.

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