ArticleBMJ open2024
Factors influencing deceased organ donation rates in OECD countries: a panel data analysis.
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- A scoping review of the present condition of organ donation among Chinese citizens and its influencing factors.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Attitudes of healthcare students in Syria toward organ donation and their association with healthcare system distrust in the context of a prolonged war.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Potential for donation after circulatory death in Germany: a multicenter retrospective study at seven university hospitals.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026Article
- From Uncertainty to Consent: Educational Intervention Effects on Knowledge and Willingness to Donate Organs After Death.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of wellbeing and healthcare resources on deceased liver donation in Mexico.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Hospital-Related Determinants of Refusal of Organ Donation in France: A Multilevel Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Nurse Specialist in the Organ and Tissue Donation Process with Coordination Role: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- Exploring the impact of public health-related academic competitions on the competencies of university students: evidence from Anhui Province.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Too uncertain to consent, too supportive to refuse: the sociocultural dilemma of hesitant organ donors in Kazakhstan.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aims to investigate factors with a significant influence on deceased organ donation rates in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and determine their relative importance. It seeks to provide the necessary data to facilitate the development of more efficient strategies for improving deceased organ donation rates.
designRetrospective study.
settingPublicly available secondary annual data.
participantsThe study includes 36 OECD countries as panel members for data analysis. OUTCOME MEASURES: Multivariable panel data regression analysis was employed, encompassing data from 2010 to 2018 for all investigated variables in the included countries.
resultsThe following variables had a significant influence on deceased organ donation rates: 'opt-in' system (β=-4.734, p<0.001, ref: 'opt-out' system), only donation after brain death (DBD) donors allowed (β=-4.049, p=0.002, ref: both DBD and donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors allowed), number of hospital beds per million population (pmp) (β=0.002, p<0.001), total healthcare employment pmp (β=-0.00012, p=0.012), World Giving Index (β=0.124, p=0.008), total tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (β=0.312, p=0.009) and percentage of population aged ≥65 years (β=0.801, p<0.001) as well as high education population in percentage (β=0.118, p=0.017).
conclusionsCompared with the promotion of socioeconomic factors with a positive significant impact on deceased organ donation rates, the following policies have been shown to significantly increase rates of deceased organ donation, which could be further actively promoted: the adoption of an 'opt-out' system with presumed consent for deceased organ donation and the legal authorisation of both DBD and DCD for transplantation.
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