Kidney Exchange: An Operations Perspective / Itai Ashlagi, Alvin E. Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ashlagi, Itai.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Roth, Alvin E.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w28500.

NBER working paper series no. w28500

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2021.

Summary:

Many patients in need of a kidney transplant have a willing but incompatible (or poorly matched) living donor. Kidney exchange programs arrange exchanges among such patient-donor pairs, in cycles and chains of exchange, so each patient receives a compatible kidney. Kidney exchange has become a standard form of transplantation in the United States and a few other countries, in large part because of continued attention to the operational details that arose as obstacles were overcome and new obstacles became relevant. We review some of the key operational issues in the design of successful kidney exchange programs. Kidney exchange has yet to reach its full potential, and the paper further describes some open questions that we hope will continue to attract attention from researchers interested in the operational aspects of dynamic exchange.

Notes:

Print version record

February 2021.