US Organ Donation Policy

To the Editor The article on organ donation by Ms Glazier and Mr Mone comparing deceased organ donation in the United States with countries using an opt-out system minimized the continued shortfall in transplants in the United States. The central reason for this deficit is that the OPOs managing donation in the United States operate without objective metrics by which to standardize and compare performance. As a result, many OPOs have claimed improvement when the gains are merely the product of circumstance.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research