Financial incentives for cadaveric organ donation.
One of the main obstacles of organ transplantation all over the world is the insufficient number of available cadaveric organs. Various attempts are considered to increase the consent rate. Financial incentives as a possibility to raise the number of procured organs is a very controversial topic. Arguments for and against financial incentives are presented as well as the different models.
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Economy of Medicine in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Vienna, Austria.
David
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Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber
Robert
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Fitzgerald
D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D018803:Models, Economic; D009042:Motivation; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000191:economics*