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Why do we have the kidney allocation system we have today? A history of the 2014 kidney allocation system
Mark D Stegall1, Peter G Stock2, Kenneth Andreoni3
1Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Abstract:
"Those who do not know the past are destined to repeat it". The current system for the allocation of deceased donor kidneys that was implemented in December 2014 (termed the kidney allocation system (KAS)) was the culmination of a decade-long process. Thus, many people involved in transplantation today may not be aware of the underlying concepts and early debates that resulted in KAS. Others who were involved might not remember the details (or have chosen to forget). The goal of this manuscript is to outline the history of the process in order to shed light on why KAS has its current format.
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