title: The organizational model of the interregional transplant agency Organizzazione Centro-Sud Trapianti.
abstract: In Italy, all donation and transplant activities were officially disciplined in 1999 by the law 91 of April 1, 1999. This law enacted a coordinator-based model of transplantation, instituted the National Center for Transplantation (Centro Nazionale Trapianti-CNT), and endorsed the existing interregional transplant agencies (ITA), such as the Nord Italia Transplant program (NITp), the Associazione InterRegionale Trapianti (AIRT), and the Organizzazione Centro-Sud Trapianti (OCST). Within its borders each ITA has adopted its own organizational model; there is no overt centralized control exerted by the CNT according to the law 91/1999. The aim of the current work is to report on the organizational model adopted by OCST, the ITA gathering the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Latium, Molise, Sardinia, Sicily, and Umbria.
authors.affiliation: Organizzazione Centro-Sud Trapianti, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy. repretagostini@tiscali.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pretagostini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Simone
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peritore
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cortesini
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007558:Italy; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*