Ugur Zeynep Burcu
Department of Economics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands.
Health Econ. 2015 Dec;24(12):1560-72. doi: 10.1002/hec.3111. Epub 2014 Oct 2.
One policy tool that could affect organ donation rates is legislative defaults. In this study, we examine how presumed consent impacts cadaveric donations and kidney transplantations, using a panel dataset from the EU-27 countries plus Croatia in the period 2000-2010. We find that presumed consent countries have 28% to 32% higher cadaveric donation and 27% to 31% higher kidney transplant rates in comparison to informed consent countries, after accounting for potential confounding factors. After studying willingness to donate one's organs and registering preferences for organ donation, we find that presumed consent could increase cadaveric donation rates, because people fail to register their preferences and many have no preference for organ donation.
一项可能影响器官捐赠率的政策工具是立法默认规则。在本研究中，我们利用2000年至2010年期间欧盟27国加克罗地亚的面板数据集，研究了推定同意如何影响尸体捐赠和肾脏移植。在考虑了潜在的混杂因素后，我们发现，与知情同意国家相比，推定同意国家的尸体捐赠率高出28%至32%，肾脏移植率高出27%至31%。在研究了捐赠器官的意愿并登记了器官捐赠偏好后，我们发现推定同意可以提高尸体捐赠率，因为人们没有登记他们的偏好，而且许多人对器官捐赠没有偏好。
