More than 15,000 liver transplants performed in first two years of acuity circles policy

In the two years following the launch of the national liver allocation policy based on acuity circles, nearly 15,300 deceased donor liver-alone transplants were performed nationwide. This was an increase of 4.3 percent over the corresponding two-year period before implementation.

A key focus in monitoring the policy’s performance has been its effect on transplant volume in various geographic areas. Read the full story from UNOS.