Improving organ donation rates and transplantation in AustraliaHealth services administrationSocial determinants of healthdoi:10.5694/mja17.00590Allen Richard DMPleass Henry CCMed J Aust
and transplantation. However, to the extent that the Taskforce's recommendations and the government's proposed reforms do not depart from the terms of a 'gift of life' doctrine, they are unlikely to result in increased organ donation rates sufficient to meet Australia's current or future needs...
The authors explored common beliefs and preferences for posthumous and living organ donation in Australia where organ donation rates are low and little research exists. Content analysis of discussions revealed the advantage of prolonging/saving life whereas disadvantages differed according to donation context...
Solid organ donation and transplantation rates in Australia have increased in recent years, but demand continues to exceed supply. Morbidity and mortality for people on the waiting list remain problems, and strategies to expand the donor pool include accepting donations after circulatory death and ...
eTable 2. Consistency of top overall performers (2008-2017) in annual rankings by donation metric. eFigure 1. Overall donation metrics from 2008-2017 by OPO. eFigure 2. Year-to year variation in donation rates by OPO. eFigure 3. Variation in yearly national donation rate ranking by OPO....
Giniyat also said that the overall mortality rate of the population fell by nearly 30 percent in the first 11 months of 2022 compared to the same time the previous year. “We can also see a drop in mortality rates from circulatory system disorders by about 34 percent, cancer by 8 percent...
As a replacement for the previously established measure of OPO performance--donors per million population--using eligible deaths as a national metric has yielded promising results for understanding variations in donation rates among the donation service areas assigned to each OPO. A major improvement ...
Data from the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Health Care (EDQM) shows that Spain came out on top for the highest rates of organ donors in 2022, with 47 deceased donors per million population, respectively. This high rate is often linked to its opt-out system. Or, ...
Main outcome measures—Solid organ and corneal donor rates per 100 deaths; solid organ donor rate per 100 confirmed brain stem deaths; regional variation in (a) whether brain stem death was possible diagnosis, (b) general medical contraindications to donation, (c) relatives' refusal. Results—...
The question then arises on which educational efforts should be made to improve organ donation rates. Meta-analyses on campaigns and mass media exposure to educate the general public con- cluded that positive news on organ donation and educa- tional campaigns irrespective of the scale (individual ...