Guadagnoli Edward, Christiansen Cindy L, Beasley Carol L
Harvard Medical School, Department of Health Care Policy, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston MA 02115, USA.
Health Care Financ Rev. 2003 Summer;24(4):101-10.
The authors estimated the supply of organ donors in the U.S. and also according to organ procurement organizations (OPOs). They estimated the number of donors in the U.S. to be 16,796. Estimates of the number of potential donors for each OPO were used to calculate the level of donor efficiency (actual donors as a percent of potential donors). Overall, donor efficiency for OPOs was 35 percent; the majority was between 30- and 40-percent efficient. Although there is room to improve donor efficiency in the U.S., even a substantial improvement will not meet the Nation's demand for organs.
作者们对美国以及按器官获取组织（OPO）划分的器官捐献者供应情况进行了估算。他们估计美国的捐献者数量为16796人。每个OPO的潜在捐献者数量估算值被用于计算捐献者效率水平（实际捐献者占潜在捐献者的百分比）。总体而言，OPO的捐献者效率为35%；大多数OPO的效率在30%至40%之间。尽管美国在提高捐献者效率方面仍有空间，但即便有大幅提升也无法满足国家对器官的需求。
