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Grace Guan¹, Sanjit Neelam², Joachim Studnia²

¹Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

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|May 23, 2025

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Analyzing kidney transplant offer refusals reveals that multiple patient refusals signal organ quality issues, while single patient refusals suggest individual patient concerns. This distinction aids in predicting organ nonutilization early in the allocation process.

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Organ Allocation

Background:

Kidney organ offer utilization varies during allocation.
Transplant centers can decline offers for single or multiple patients.
Refusals may indicate patient-specific or organ-specific issues.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate kidney offer refusal patterns.
To differentiate between single and multiple patient refusals.
To correlate refusal types with organ nonutilization.

Main Methods:

Analysis of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data (2022-2023).
Categorization of refusals as single (>1 patient) or multiple (>5 patients) per center.
Examination of refusal codes and nonutilization rates post-cross-clamp.

Main Results:

Single patient refusals are linked to patient-related reasons and higher utilization.
Multiple patient refusals are associated with organ-related reasons and increased nonutilization.
Nonutilization rates were 28% (no refusals), 35% (multiple patient refusal), and 12% (single patient refusal).

Conclusions:

Early assessment of nonutilization risk is possible by analyzing refusal patterns.
Understanding refusal dynamics can inform transparent protocols for faster organ placement.
Distinguishing refusal types aids in optimizing deceased donor kidney allocation.