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Volume 9: Issue 5
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14–15
Publication Date:
01 May 2017
Online Publication Date:
05 May 2017
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    Change in transplant volume associated with centers’ receipt of low performance evaluation. Abbreviation: PSR, program-specific report. Reprinted with permission from Schold et al. (1).

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    Kaplan–Meier plot of patient survival after listing by transplant status and center quality on the basis of deceased donor transplantation at a transplant center with a given performance at the time of listing. Abbreviation: Tx, transplantation. Reprinted with permission from Schold et al. (5).

Figure 1.

Change in transplant volume associated with centers’ receipt of low performance evaluation. Abbreviation: PSR, program-specific report. Reprinted with permission from Schold et al. (1).
Figure 2.

Kaplan–Meier plot of patient survival after listing by transplant status and center quality on the basis of deceased donor transplantation at a transplant center with a given performance at the time of listing. Abbreviation: Tx, transplantation. Reprinted with permission from Schold et al. (5).
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    Schold JD , et al.. Association of candidate removals from the kidney transplant waiting list and center performance oversight. Am J Transplant 2016; 16:1276–1284.

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    Bae S , et al.. Changes in discard rate after the introduction of the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI). Am J Transplant 2016; 16:2202–2207.

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    Mohan S , et al.. The weekend effect alters the procurement and discard rates of deceased donor kidneys in the United States. Kidney Int 2016; 90:157–163.

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    Schold JD , et al.. Association between kidney transplant center performance and the survival benefit of transplantation versus dialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014; 9:1773–1780.

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    Haller MC , et al.. Dialysis vintage and outcomes after kidney transplantation: A retrospective cohort study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 12:122–130.

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Decreasing the Kidney Discard Rate

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Volume 9: Issue 5
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01 May 2017
Page:
14–15
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