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Researchers Call for Shift From ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Allocation Policy
By Maryland Staff Today
The recent overhaul of the federal policy on allocating deceased donor livers has not significantly improved geographical inequities yet has led to a greater loss in viable organs, according to a new study co-authored by University of Maryland researchers.
They recommend improving the broader sharing approach outlined in the 2020 policy, known as Acuity Circles, to mitigate inequities across regions of the country; these include variations in transplant rates, patient survival rates, waiting times and organ offers. The study by S. Raghu Raghavan, Dean’s Professor of Management Science and Operations Management, and Associate Professor of Marketing Liye Ma, both in UMD’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, and Shubham Akshat, assistant professor of operations management at Carnegie Mellon University, is forthcoming in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Read more in Maryland Today.
666410login-checkStudy Suggests Fixes for Persistent Geographic Inequity in Liver Transplants |