The Impact of the Israeli Transplantation Law on the Socio-Demographic Profile of Living Kidney Donors

Boas, Hagai; Mor, Eytan; Michowitz, R.; Rozen‐Zvi, Benaya; Rahamimov, Ruth

doi:10.1111/ajt.13090

Cited by 11 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 23 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In Israel, the legalization of non‐directed donation has contributed to the rapid increase in live kidney donation and has ended the era of transplant tourism 41 . Our study highlights the role of Matnat Chaim in raising public awareness and facilitating living kidney donation, as most donations inspire others to donate as well.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 72%

Exploring the motives of Israeli Jews who were living kidney donors to strangers

Kurleto

Skorupska-Król

Broniatowska

et al. 2020

Clinical Transplantation

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Non‐directed living donors are individuals who donate a kidney to a recipient with whom they have neither a genetic nor emotional relationship. Israel legalized this type of donation in 2008. After this law was implemented, living donations significantly expanded. The aim of this article was to determine the motivations, characteristics, and perioperative experiences of non‐directed living donors in Israel. Three online questionnaires (own questionnaire, Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale (RSES), Rushton Self‐Report Altruism Scale) were distributed to 180 Jewish kidney donors with the help of Matnat Chaim organization. One hundred and fifteen responses were received (69.3% response rate). The motivation for most donors (60%) was a strong willingness to help and a desire to do good. The majority of donors (78.3%) reported their health status as unchanged after donation; however, 16.5% experienced clinical problems (eg, wound infection, more pain than expected), and 5.2% experienced psychological complications. About 18% reported their health to improve after donation. Most (80%) inspired someone else to also become a kidney donor. This study breaks the myth that Jews do not support organ donation. In fact, their high level of altruism and their positive experience with donation has propelled the practice of non‐directed donation in Israel.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 72%

Exploring the motives of Israeli Jews who were living kidney donors to strangers

Kurleto

Skorupska-Król

Broniatowska

et al. 2020

Clinical Transplantation

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This result is in agreement with several recent studies [ 9 , 13 , 14 , 30 ] but was not found by Nour et al [ 16 ]. The rate of 42.1% of patients who organize a living donor is in the middle to upper field of reported results [ 9 , 16 , 30 – 34 ].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Employment 12 months after kidney transplantation: An in-depth bio-psycho-social analysis of the Swiss Transplant Cohort

et al. 2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundReturn to work with or after a chronic disease is a dynamic process influenced by a variety of interactions between personal, work, societal and medical resources or constraints. The aim of this study was to identify predictors for employment 12 months after transplantation in kidney patients, applying a bio-psycho-social model.MethodsAll kidney patients followed in the Swiss Transplant Cohort between May 2008 and December 2012, aged 18 to 65 were assessed before, 6 and 12 months after transplantation.ResultsOf the 689 included patients, 56.2% worked 12 months post- transplantation compared to 58.9% pre-transplantation. Age, education, self-perceived health (6 months post- transplantation), pre- transplantation employment and receiving an organ from a living donor are significant predictors of employment post- transplantation. Moreover, while self-perceived health increased post- transplantation, depression score decreased only among those employed 12 months post- transplantation. Pre- transplantation employment status was the main predictor for post- transplantation employment (OR = 18.6) and was associated with sex, age, education, depression and duration of dialysis. An organ from a living donor (42.1%) was more frequent in younger patients, with higher education, no diabetes and shorter waiting time to surgery.ConclusionTransplantation did not increase employment in end-stage kidney disease patients but helped maintaining employment. Pre-transplantation employment has been confirmed to be the most important predictor of post-transplantation employment. Furthermore, socio-demographic and individual factors predicted directly and indirectly the post-transplantation employment status. With living donor, an additional predictor linked to social factors and the medical procedure has been identified.

show abstract

“…Estimates of the next of kin consent rate suggest that it has increased by 21.1% among the next of kin of non‐registered deceased (Stoler et al ). There has also been a documented decrease in the extent of transplant tourism and an increase in living kidney donation in Israel since the law (Lavee et al ; Ashkenazi et al ; Boas et al ).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Incentivizing Organ Donor Registrations with Organ Allocation Priority

Stoler

Kessler

Ashkenazi³

et al. 2016

Health Econ.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

How donor organs are allocated for transplant can affect their scarcity. In 2008, Israel's Parliament passed an Organ Transplantation Law granting priority on organ donor waiting lists to individuals who had previously registered as organ donors. Beginning in November 2010, public awareness campaigns advertised the priority policy to the public. Since April 2012, priority has been added to the routine medical criteria in organ allocation decisions. We evaluate the introduction of priority for registered organ donors using Israeli data on organ donor registration from 1992 to 2013. We find that registrations increased when information about the priority law was made widely available. We find an even larger increase in registration rates in the 2 months leading up to a program deadline, after which priority would only be granted with a 3-year delay. We also find that the registration rate responds positively to public awareness campaigns, to the ease of registration (i.e. allowing for registering online and by phone) and to an election drive that included placing registration opportunities in central voting locations. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

show abstract

The Impact of the Israeli Transplantation Law on the Socio-Demographic Profile of Living Kidney Donors

Cited by 11 publications

References 23 publications

Exploring the motives of Israeli Jews who were living kidney donors to strangers

Exploring the motives of Israeli Jews who were living kidney donors to strangers

Employment 12 months after kidney transplantation: An in-depth bio-psycho-social analysis of the Swiss Transplant Cohort

Incentivizing Organ Donor Registrations with Organ Allocation Priority

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About