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Area of Science:

  • Health Systems Research
  • Transplantation Science
  • Public Health Policy

Background:

  • Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is the optimal treatment for kidney failure, offering significant benefits.
  • Canadian LDKT rates have stagnated and show provincial disparities, with underlying system-level factors poorly understood.
  • Identifying these factors is crucial for developing targeted interventions to enhance LDKT access.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a systemic interpretation of LDKT delivery across Canadian provincial health systems with varying performance.
  • To identify facilitating attributes and processes, as well as barriers, impacting LDKT delivery.
  • To compare these factors across systems to inform strategies for increasing LDKT rates, especially in lower-performing provinces.

Main Methods:

  • A qualitative comparative case study analysis of three Canadian provincial health systems (high, moderate, and low LDKT rates).
  • Utilizing a complex adaptive systems framework to understand multilevel, interconnected health system dynamics.
  • Data collection through semistructured interviews, document reviews, and focus groups, analyzed via inductive thematic analysis and resource-based theory.

Main Results:

  • The study was funded from 2020-2023, with data collection completed between November 2020 and August 2022.
  • Comparative case analysis was conducted from December 2022 to April 2023.
  • Publication submission was projected for June 2023.

Conclusions:

  • Investigating health systems as complex adaptive systems and comparing provincial performance will reveal strategies to improve LDKT delivery.
  • A resource-based theory framework will offer granular insights into facilitators and barriers across organizational levels.
  • Findings will inform practice, policy, and system-level interventions to increase LDKT for patients with kidney failure.