Saving More Lives with Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation

William F Parker MD, PhD,¹ Yolanda Becker, MD,¹ Robert D Gibbons, PhD.¹

¹ University of Chicago

A commissioned paper for A Fairer and More Equitable, Cost-Effective, and Transparent System of Donor Organ Procurement, Allocation, and Distribution, an ad-hoc study committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Repository Contents

• Main Analysis code

  • Data preparation and Model fitting: data_prep_model_fit.Rmd
  • Post-estimation analysis and main report generation post_estimation_analysis_report.Rmd
  • Supplemental analysis and statistical appendix appendix.Rmd

• Shiny apps code

  • main survival benefit webapp script: ddkt_survival_benefit_app.R
  • shared decision making tool script: ddkt_compare_app.R

• Reports

  • main manuscript: saving_lives_with_ddkt_report.pdf
  • appendix: appendix_saving_lives_ddkt.pdf