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The Health Resources and Services Administration's Division of Transplantation administers and oversees two contracts to facilitate the nation's allocation system for organ transplantation.
The OPTN, contracted by the
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), is responsible for operating the
national network for organ procurement and allocation, and works to promote
organ donation. The SRTR,
contracted by the Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (formerly URREA),
provides analytical support for the ongoing evaluation of scientific and
clinical status of solid organ transplantation.
HRSA's Division of Transplantation (DoT)
oversees these activities.
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Contents of the Annual Report
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Over 250 tables of comprehensive transplant data, showing both recent activity
and 10-year trends
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Nine chapters with analysis and explanation of the data tables prepared by more
than 40 national experts, including three "special focus" articles on organ offer
acceptance rates, geographic variability in access to kidney transplantation,
and repeat transplantation
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Examinations of trends in waiting list patient counts and characteristics,
highlighting the need for additional organ donors
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Analyses of transplantation by organ, including patient outcome predictors and
factors affecting patient survival
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An overview of the unique clinical and policy issues of pediatric
transplantation
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Expanded analyses on use of immunosuppressive drugs after transplantation
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A review of trends in organ donation and utilization and recent efforts to increase the number of donors
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Detailed discussions of issues frequently raised by patients, physicians,
policy makers and administrators
This Annual Report is a publication of the Department of Health and Human Services. It was developed by contract for the Health Resources and Services Administration, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of Transplantation. The OPTN contract requires production and dissemination of this report; the SRTR contract requires coordination of the descriptive chapters and data-related sections of this report.
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