Reshaping National Organ Allocation Policy

Theodore Papalexopoulos
Theodore Papalexopoulos
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Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139;
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James Alcorn
James Alcorn
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United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia 23219;
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Dimitris Bertsimas
Dimitris Bertsimas
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Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139;
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Rebecca Goff
Rebecca Goff
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United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia 23219;
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Darren Stewart
Darren Stewart
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NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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Nikolaos Trichakis
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Nikolaos Trichakis
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Theodore Papalexopoulos

Theodore Papalexopoulos

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Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139;

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James Alcorn

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United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia 23219;

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Dimitris Bertsimas

Dimitris Bertsimas

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Operations Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139;

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Rebecca Goff

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United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia 23219;

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Darren Stewart

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NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016

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Nikolaos Trichakis

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Nikolaos Trichakis

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Published Online:20 Nov 2023https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2022.0035

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cover image Operations Research

Volume 72, Issue 4

July-August 2024

Pages iii-vi, 1317-1750, C2-C3

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Received:January 20, 2022
Accepted:August 28, 2023
Published Online:November 20, 2023

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Theodore Papalexopoulos, James Alcorn, Dimitris Bertsimas, Rebecca Goff, Darren Stewart, Nikolaos Trichakis (2023) Reshaping National Organ Allocation Policy. Operations Research 72(4):1475-1486.

https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2022.0035

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the critical role of the OPTN Lung Transplantation Committee, particularly Erika Lease, MD, Chair; and Marie Budev, MD, Vice Chair; in effectively leveraging this work to inform the policy development process. The data reported here have been supplied by the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) as the contractor for the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). 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 SRTR or the U.S. Government.