title: Predicting match grade and waiting time to kidney transplantation.
abstract: We show how to estimate expected waiting time to transplantation and match grade potential for each patient awaiting kidney transplantation on a multicenter waiting list. We predict that some easily well-matched patients may be unlikely to receive a well-matched graft through accepting an earlier offer of a poorly matched kidney. Other patients, who are difficult to match, may be unlikely to receive even a poorly matched kidney within a reasonable time.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, England.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Gilks
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gore
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Bradley
mesh_terms: D005787:Gene Frequency; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D010641:Phenotype; D011336:Probability; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens