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ArticleTransplantation proceedings

Characteristics and Evaluation of Geographically Distant vs Geographically Nearby Living Kidney Donors.

F L Weng, D C Lee, N Dhillon, K N Tibaldi, L A Davis, A M Patel, R J Goldberg, M Morgievich, S Mulgaonkar

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  5. Factors associated with perceived donation-related financial burden among living kidney donors.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2018
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F L WengRenal and Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA; Rutgers School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA. Electronic address: fweng@barnabashealth.org.
D C LeeRonald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
N DhillonRenal and Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
K N TibaldiRenal and Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
L A DavisRenal and Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
A M PatelRenal and Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
R J GoldbergRenal and Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
M MorgievichRenal and Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
S MulgaonkarRenal and Pancreas Transplant Division, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.

Funding

Modifiable factors affecting racial disparities in live kidney donationR01MD007664 · NIMHD · ST. BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WATERMAN, AMY DOGGETTE, WENG, FRANCIS L · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
Increasing live donor kidney transplant among Blacks on the transplant waitlistR01DK098744 · NIDDK · ST. BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WENG, FRANCIS L · 2012 to 2016
$994k
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK098744NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD007664
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLiving donor kidney transplant (LDKT) can be impeded by multiple barriers. One possible barrier to LDKT is a large physical distance between the living donor's home residence and the procuring transplant center.

methodsWe performed a retrospective, single-center study of living kidney donors in the United States who were geographically distant (residing ≥150 miles) from our transplant center. Each distant donor was matched to 4 geographically nearby donors (<150 miles from our center) as controls.

resultsFrom 2007 to 2010, of 429 live kidney donors, 55 (12.8%) were geographically distant. Black donors composed a higher proportion of geographically distant vs nearby donors (34.6% vs 15.5%), whereas Hispanic and Asian donors composed a lower proportion (P = .001). Distant vs nearby donors had similar median times from donor referral to actual donation (165 vs 161 days, P = .81). The geographically distant donors lived a median of 703 miles (25% to 75% range, 244 to 1072) from our center and 21.2 miles (25% to 75% range, 9.8 to 49.7) from the nearest kidney transplant center. The proportion of geographically distant donors who had their physician evaluation (21.6%), psychosocial evaluation (21.6%), or computed tomography angiogram (29.4%) performed close to home, rather than at our center, was low.

conclusionsMany geographically distant donors live close to transplant centers other than the procuring transplant center, but few of these donors perform parts of their donor evaluation at these closer centers. Black donors comprise a large proportion of geographically distant donors. The evaluation of geographically distant donors, especially among minorities, warrants further study.

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Directed Tissue DonationKidney TransplantationAdultBlack or African AmericanBlack PeopleFemaleGeography, MedicalHumansLiving DonorsMaleMiddle AgedMinority GroupsRetrospective StudiesUnited States

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PMID27569925
PMCPMC5004771

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