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Equity or equality? Which approach brings more satisfaction in a kidney-exchange chain?
, Article Journal of Personalized Medicine ; Volume 11, Issue 12 , 2021 ; 20754426 (ISSN) ; Najafi, M ; Cheungpasitporn, W ; Thongprayoon, C ; Fathi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
MDPI
2021
Abstract
In United States (U.S.), government-funded organizations, such as NLDAC, reimburse travel and subsistence expenses incurred during living-organ donation process. However, in Iran, there is a non-governmental organization called Iranian Kidney Foundation (IKF) that funds the direct and indirect costs of donors through charitable donations and contributions from participants in the exchange program. In this article, for countries outside the U.S. that currently use an equality approach, we propose a potential new compensation-apportionment approach (equitable approach) for kidney-exchange chains and compare it with the currently available system (equality approach) in terms of the...
A Mathematical Model to Apportion the Cost of Kidney Purchasing in Domino-paired Donation
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Najafi, Mehdi (Supervisor)
Abstract
The human body normally has two functioning kidneys, while only one of them is sufficient to have a healthy life. However, for those patients having no functioning kidney, transplantation is the most effective treatment. Although deceased donors have been usually used as the main source for kidney donation in many countries, there are several cases focusing on living kidney donation to compensate for the shortage in supply and to reduce the patient waiting time for treatment. Because of this potential, many studies have been conducted to optimize the non-clinical issues of kidney transplant waiting lists. Notwithstanding employing the financial incentives for living kidney donation is...