Resource Utilization Associated With Procurement of Transplantable Organs From Donors That Do Not Meet OPTN Eligible Death Criteria

BACKGROUNDThe strategy of evaluating every donation opportunity warrants an investigation into the financial feasibility of this practice. The purpose of this investigation is to measure resource utilization required for procurement of transplantable organs in an organ procurement organization (OPO). METHODSDonors were stratified into those that met OPTN-defined eligible death criteria (ED donors, n=589) and those that did not (NED donors, n=703). Variable direct costs and time utilization by OPO staff for organ procurement were measured and amortized per organ transplanted using permutation methods and statistical bootstrapping/resampling approaches. RESULTSMore organs per donor were procured (3.66±1.2 vs. 2.34±0.8, P