Raymond J. Lynch, MD
At the end of April, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the United Network for Organ Sharing will roll out a new “concentric circles” model for the distribution of donor organs.
But researchers who have studied the plan say their state-based method of allocating donor livers may be superior to the pending system. The group says their model outperforms the OPTN/UNOS approach in several ways, including overall system efficiency, reduced