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    Area of Science:

    • Behavioral Economics
    • Public Health Policy
    • Social Psychology

    Background:

    • Limited understanding of increasing actual organ donor registrations in explicit consent systems.
    • Previous interventions (educational programs, mass media) are costly, labor-intensive, and not scalable.
    • Need for economical and scalable solutions to boost organ donor registration rates.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To test the effectiveness of behaviorally informed promotion interventions and process improvements on organ donor registrations.
    • To identify low-cost, scalable marketing solutions for increasing organ donor registrations.
    • To explore the mechanisms underlying intervention effectiveness.

    Main Methods:

    • A field experiment (N = 3,330) was conducted in Ontario, Canada.
    • Interventions included targeted materials (information, altruistic motives) and customer service streamlining.
    • A key intervention prompted perspective-taking via reciprocal altruism: "If you needed a transplant would you have one?"

    Main Results:

    • The best-performing intervention significantly increased new organ donor registration rates from 4.1% (control) to 7.4%.
    • Targeting customers with relevant information and altruistic appeals at opportune moments increased registrations.
    • Streamlining customer service processes also contributed to higher registration rates.

    Conclusions:

    • Behaviorally informed interventions offer low-cost, scalable solutions for increasing organ donor registrations.
    • Prompting perspective-taking through reciprocal altruism is a highly effective strategy.
    • Findings have significant implications for public policy and improving societal welfare through increased organ donation.