Center-Specific Graft and Patient Survival Rates: 1997 United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Report
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Patient and graft survival rates after organ transplantation improved substantially from 1988 to 1994. The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) reviewed 97,587 solid organ transplantations in 92,966 patients at 742 transplant programs performed from Jan. 1988 through Apr. 1994. Organ graft and patient survival rates improved, with conditional 3-year survival rates averaging 90% for all solid organs transplantations except for lung and heart-lung procedures. Facilities performing less than the national average annual number of procedures had worse patient outcomes than busier transplant programs.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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The effect of the volume of procedures at transplantation centers on mortality after liver transplantation
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Hospitals that perform more than 20 liver transplants each year have lower mortality rates than those that perform fewer. This was the conclusion of researchers who analyzed the outcome of all liver transplants done in the US between 1992 and 1994. During this time, the average one-year mortality rate at hospitals that performed fewer than 20 transplants annually was 26%, compared to a rate of 20% at those that performed more. Thirteen hospitals had one-year mortality rates exceeding 40% and all were hospitals that performed fewer than 20 transplants per year.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1999
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A survival advantage for renal transplantation
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People with end-stage kidney disease will live longer if they get a kidney transplant. Since these patients can also be treated with dialysis, the benefits of a kidney transplant have never been clear. A 1999 study of patients on a waiting list for a kidney transplant showed that those who eventually received one had lower mortality rates than those who did not. This means that lower mortality rates among transplant recipients are not just due to the fact that healthier people are placed on waiting lists while sicker patients remain on dialysis.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1999
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