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Faisal Omar¹, Gustav Tinghög, Per Carlsson

¹Department of Medical and Health Sciences Linköping University, Sweden. faisal.omar@liu.se

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Swedish kidney transplantation prioritizes fairness using the Accountability for Reasonableness framework. While relevance is met, clinical judgment and institutional policies may create inequalities in access to kidney transplants.

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Area of Science:

Nephrology
Transplantation Medicine
Health Policy

Background:

Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for end-stage renal disease, improving survival and quality of life.
The scarcity of donor kidneys necessitates robust priority-setting processes.
Swedish kidney transplantation practices were evaluated against the Accountability for Reasonableness (A4R) framework.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the fairness of priority setting in Swedish kidney transplantation.
To assess the alignment of current practices with the Accountability for Reasonableness (A4R) framework.

Main Methods:

Conducted 15 semi-structured interviews with transplant surgeons, nephrologists, and coordinators nationwide.
Analyzed interview data using thematic analysis.
Assessed identified factors against the four conditions of the A4R framework: publicity, relevance, revision and appeal, and enforcement.

Main Results:

Decision-making in kidney assessment and allocation balances values like maximizing benefit, prioritizing the worst-off, and equality.
Identified factors align with the relevance condition of the A4R framework.
Clinical judgment and institutional policies emerged as potential sources of unfair inequalities in treatment access.

Conclusions:

Developing national guidelines for transplant candidacy assessment and deceased donor kidney allocation is recommended.
Standardizing practices across centers can enhance fairness according to the A4R framework.
Policy proposals for Swedish kidney transplantation warrant careful consideration.