title: Increasing referrals and donations using the Transplant Center Development Model.
abstract: Although transplantation centers directly benefit from organ and tissue donation, they continue to yield low organ and tissue referral and donation rates. Our medical center and organ procurement organization developed a model to increase referral and donation rates. This model, called the Transplant Center Development Model, facilitates the donation process, specializes staff education, and promotes administrative involvement. After it was was implemented at our medical center in 1991, the referral and donation rates from 1988 to 1990 were compared with those from 1991 to 1993. The results showed that after implementation of the model, the organ referral mean increased 47%; the organ donation mean, 50%; and the tissue donation mean, 117%. These findings suggest that this model may be a valuable tool in transplant center development.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery/Division of Transplantation, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Gravel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szeman
mesh_terms: D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*