title: The kidney allocation score: methodological problems, moral concerns and unintended consequences.
abstract: The growing disparity between the demand for and supply of kidneys for transplantation has generated interest in alternative systems of allocating kidneys from deceased donors. This personal viewpoint focuses attention on the Kidney Allocation Score (KAS) proposal promulgated by the UNOS/OPTN Kidney Committee. I identify several methodological and moral flaws in the proposed system, concluding that any iteration of the KAS proposal should be met with more skepticism than sanguinity.
authors.affiliation: Metrolina Nephrology Associates, Charlotte, NC, USA. benjaminhippen@gmail.com
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authors.lastname: Hippen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States