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Area of Science:

  • Transplantation immunology
  • Public health policy
  • Bioethics

Background:

  • Organ scarcity is a critical issue in transplantation.
  • Israel enacted the Organ Transplantation Law in 2008, prioritizing relatives of donors and registered donors.
  • Public awareness campaigns for the law began in November 2010.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of Israel's Organ Transplantation Law on deceased organ donation authorization rates.
  • To assess the effect of public awareness campaigns on donation consent.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of all deceased organ donation requests in Israel from 1998 to 2015.
  • Logistic regression to compare next-of-kin authorization rates before (1998-2010) and after (2011-2015) public awareness of the law.
  • Examination of authorization rates based on donor registration status.

Main Results:

  • The authorization rate for organ donation increased significantly after public awareness of the law (55.1% vs. 45.0%, OR 1.43, p = 0.0003).
  • The rate reached an all-time high of 60.2% in 2015.
  • The increase was primarily driven by higher authorization rates for unregistered donors (51.1% vs. 42.2%).
  • Deceased registered donors had a significantly higher likelihood of next-of-kin authorization (89.4% vs. 44.6%, OR 14.27, p < 0.0001).

Conclusions:

  • Israel's priority-based organ donation law is associated with increased authorization rates.
  • Public awareness campaigns appear to enhance the law's effectiveness in promoting organ donation.
  • Donor registration status is a strong predictor of successful organ procurement.