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Pancreas Transplant After the New Allocation System? What Is the Impact on Access and Utilization?

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A new pancreas allocation system was implemented in October 2014 which, amongst other features, mandated local allocation of the kidney with pancreas allocation, created a single list for simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (SPK) as well as isolated pancreas transplant candidates, and defined minimum qualifying criteria for an SPK candidate to accrue waiting time. This manuscript will describe the new allocation policy in detail and present initial data from the first 6 months after implementation of both the new pancreas as well as the new kidney allocation policies.

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The data reported here have been supplied by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) as the contractor for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The interpretation and reporting of these data are the responsibility of the author(s) and in no way should be seen as an official policy of or interpretation by the OPTN or the U.S. Government.

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  1. Research Department, United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), Richmond, VA, USA

    Robert J. Carrico

  2. Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Jonathan A. Fridell

  3. Indiana University School of Medicine, 550 N University BLVD, #4258, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

    Jonathan A. Fridell

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Carrico, R.J., Fridell, J.A. Pancreas Transplant After the New Allocation System? What Is the Impact on Access and Utilization?. Curr Transpl Rep 3, 161–166 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40472-016-0099-4

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