Financial burden associated with time to return to work after living kidney donation

Many living kidney donors undertake a significant financial burden in order to donate. We studied the association between time to return to work and reported financial burden. Kidney donors who donated from 2/2005 through 12/2015 (n = 1012) were surveyed 6 months after donation and asked about occup...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of transplantation 2019-01, Vol.19 (1), p.204-207
Hauptverfasser:	Larson, Dawn B., Wiseman, Jennifer F., Vock, David M., Berglund, Danielle M., Roman, Ashley M., Ibrahim, Hassan N., Matas, Arthur J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Factors allied health/nursing Donations donors and donation donors and donation: donor follow‐up donors and donation: living economics Employment ethics and public policy Female health services and outcomes research Humans Kidney Kidney Transplantation - economics kidney transplantation/nephrology Kidney transplants Kidneys Living Donors Male Medical ethics Middle Aged Nephrectomy - economics Occupations Organ donors Personal income Postoperative Complications Return to Work Salaries and Fringe Benefits - economics Sick Leave - economics Socioeconomic factors Surveys and Questionnaires Tissue and Organ Harvesting Transplants & implants United States
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Zusammenfassung:	Many living kidney donors undertake a significant financial burden in order to donate. We studied the association between time to return to work and reported financial burden. Kidney donors who donated from 2/2005 through 12/2015 (n = 1012) were surveyed 6 months after donation and asked about occupation, time to return to work, and financial burden (on a 10‐point Likert scale). Of 856 donors working for pay, 629 (73%) responded. After adjusting for donor characteristics, increased length of time to return to work was a significant predictor of financial burden (P
ISSN:	1600-6135 1600-6143
DOI:	10.1111/ajt.14949