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| Author: | Zenios, S. A. |
| Title: | Optimal Control of a Paired-Kidney Exchange Program |
| Journal: | Management Science
2002 : MAR, VOL. 48:3, p. 328-342 |
| Index terms: | MEDICINE CONTROL MANAGEMENT QUALITY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Organ exchanges are expected to increase the utilization of living donors and to alleviate the critical shortage of organs for transplantation. The typical arrangement involves a direct exchange between two blood-type incompatible donor-candidate pairs. An alternate possibility is an indirect exchange between one such pair and the highest priority candidate on the regular waiting list for cadaveric organs. This paper focuses on the mix of direct and indirect exchanges that maximizes the expected total discounted quality-adjusted life years (QALY) of the candidates in the participating pairs. Direct exchanges are preferable because the candidate receives a living-donor organ instead of the inferior cadaveric organ an indirect exchange provides. |
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