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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006 21(7):1764-1765; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl288
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The case for a fair compensation policy of economic consequences incurred by living kidney donors

Claude Jacobs

Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital de la Pitié, Paris, France

Correspondence and offprint requests to: Claude Jacobs, MD, Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital de la Pitié, 83, Bovlevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. Email: claude.jacobs@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr

Keywords: costs; kidney transplantation; living-donor transplantation; reimbursements

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Living-donor kidney transplantation (LDKTx) yields the best results of all renal replacement therapies (RRT) in terms of patient survival, but remains frequently underused in many countries. Reasons for this unsatisfactory situation are multifold, among which is the possibly overlooked or underestimated negative financial and/or economic consequences to the donors. This topic is addressed in a comprehensive review by Clarke et al. presented in this issue of the Journal.



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