title: Policy options for increasing the supply of transplantable kidneys in Singapore.
abstract: Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for eligible end-stage renal disease patients. However, the supply of donated kidneys has been consistently insufficient to meet the transplantation requirements of the population. In this paper, I discuss the feasibility of several policy options that engage potential donors or key individuals in a Singapore context, including financial and non-financial incentives for deceased/living organ donors and their families, improving actualisation rates of both donation after brain death, donation after cardiac death through quality improvement programmes and remuneration schemes, and a media platform for directed organ donation. I conclude by highlighting the most feasible policies to be considered.
authors: Signature Program in Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
authors: Jia Loon
authors: JL
authors: Chong
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D009392:Nephrectomy; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012846:Singapore; D014019:Tissue Donors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement
keywords: Singapore; end-stage renal disease; kidney donation; transplantation