Policy options for increasing the supply of transplantable kidneys in Singapore.
- Author:
Jia Loon CHONG
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- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Singapore; end-stage renal disease; kidney donation; transplantation
- MeSH: Altruism; Health Policy; Humans; Kidney; surgery; Kidney Failure, Chronic; surgery; Kidney Transplantation; methods; Living Donors; Nephrectomy; Quality Improvement; Singapore; Tissue Donors; Tissue and Organ Harvesting; Tissue and Organ Procurement
- From:Singapore medical journal 2016;57(10):530-532
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
- 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.
