title: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients: collecting, analyzing, and reporting data on transplantation in the United States.
abstract: Founded in 1987, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) operates under a contract from the US government administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). SRTR maintains a database of comprehensive information on all solid organ transplantation in the US. The registry supports the ongoing evaluation of the clinical status of solid organ transplantation, including kidney, heart, liver, lung, intestine, pancreas, and multi-organ transplants. Data in the registry are from multiple sources, but most are collected by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) from hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and immunology laboratories. The data include information on current and past organ donors, transplant candidates, transplant recipients, transplant outcomes, and outcomes of living donors. SRTR uses these data to create reports and analyses for HRSA, OPTN committees that make organ allocation policy, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to carry out quality assurance surveillance activities; SRTR also creates standard analysis files for scientific investigators. In addition, SRTR and OPTN produce an Annual Data Report and provide information upon request for the general public. Thus, SRTR supports the transplant community with information services and statistical analyses to improve patient access to and outcomes of organ transplant.
authors.affiliation: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. SLeppke@cdrg.org
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leppke
authors.forename: Tabitha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leighton
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zaun
authors.forename: Shu-Cheng
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skeans
authors.forename: Ajay K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Israni
authors.forename: Jon J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: Bertram L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Kasiske
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States