Alternative Mechanisms For Kidney Exchange - Could More Swedish Patients Receive a New Kidney?
(2013) NEKP01 20131Department of Economics
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Patients who are in need of a new kidney and who have a living donor may
not be able to receive a kidney from the donor because of blood- or tissue-type
incompatibilities. If patient-donor pairs exchange kidneys, more kidney transplants
can be performed. In Sweden, no system for kidney exchange exists. This thesis
investigates how many more Swedish kidney patients could receive a new kidney if
a system for kidney exchange would be organized. Simulations based on a priority
mechanism are conducted in order to answer this question. The results suggest that
by using a priority mechanism, more Swedish patients could receive a new kidney.
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- author
- Ingebretsen Carlson, Jim LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKP01 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Kidney Exchange, Priority Mechanism, Sweden
- language
- English
- id
- 3813705
- date added to LUP
- 2013-07-01 10:39:41
- date last changed
- 2013-07-01 10:39:41
@misc{3813705, abstract = {{Patients who are in need of a new kidney and who have a living donor may not be able to receive a kidney from the donor because of blood- or tissue-type incompatibilities. If patient-donor pairs exchange kidneys, more kidney transplants can be performed. In Sweden, no system for kidney exchange exists. This thesis investigates how many more Swedish kidney patients could receive a new kidney if a system for kidney exchange would be organized. Simulations based on a priority mechanism are conducted in order to answer this question. The results suggest that by using a priority mechanism, more Swedish patients could receive a new kidney.}}, author = {{Ingebretsen Carlson, Jim}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Alternative Mechanisms For Kidney Exchange - Could More Swedish Patients Receive a New Kidney?}}, year = {{2013}}, }