title: Improving equity of access to deceased donor kidneys in New Zealand.
abstract: Before 1999, deceased donor kidneys in New Zealand were allocated by local nephrologists on the basis of local needs and factors thought to be beneficial to graft outcome-in particular, matching tissue type. Waiting times were much longer for patients whose tissue type was different from that of our mainly white population of deceased donors. A National Kidney Allocation System was developed that improved equity of access for our unique population base in New Zealand, taking into account not only tissue-type matching but time spent waiting.
authors.affiliation: Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Bridget
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Faire
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dittmer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D046148:Donor Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006085:Graft Survival; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000458:organization & administration; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D009520:New Zealand; D010139:Pacific Islands / Q000208:ethnology; D012042:Registries; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014850:Waiting Lists