A Quality Systems Perspective on Sensitization and Kidney Allocation System Changes

What is it about?

As demonstrated in “Calibration of Priority Points for Sensitization Status of Kidney Transplant Candidates in the United States,” changes made to the kidney allocation system in 2014 with the intention of improving equity for highly sensitized kidney transplant candidates had unintended consequences. The author reflects upon this situation in the context of quality systems design.

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