A RAND-Modified Delphi on Key Indicators to Measure the Efficiency of Living Kidney Donor Candidate Evaluations

Overview

Journal Clin J Am Soc Nephrol

Specialty Nephrology

Date 2020 Sep 25

PMID 32972951

Citations 6

Authors

Steven Habbous

Lianne Barnieh

Kenneth Litchfield

Susan McKenzie

Marian Reich

Ngan N Lam

Istvan Mucsi

Ann Bugeja

Seychelle Yohanna

Rahul Mainra

Kate Chong

Daniel Fantus

G V Ramesh Prasad

Christine Dipchand

Jagbir Gill

Leah Getchell

Amit X Garg

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Abstract

Background And Objectives: Many patients, providers, and potential living donors perceive the living kidney donor evaluation process to be lengthy and difficult to navigate.

Design, Setting, Participants, & Measurements: We sought consensus on key terms and process and outcome indicators that can be used to measure how efficiently a transplant center evaluates persons interested in becoming a living kidney donor. Using a RAND-modified Delphi method, 77 participants (kidney transplant recipients or recipient candidates, living kidney donors or donor candidates, health care providers, and health care administrators) completed an online survey to define the terms and indicators. The definitions were then further refined during an in-person meeting with ten stakeholders.

Results: We identified 16 process indicators (, average time to evaluate a donor candidate), eight outcome indicators (, annual number of preemptive living kidney donor transplants), and two measures that can be considered both process and outcome indicators (, average number of times a candidate visited the transplant center for the evaluation). Transplant centers wishing to implement this set of indicators will require 22 unique data elements, all of which are either readily available or easily collected prospectively.

Conclusions: We identified a set of indicators through a consensus-based approach that may be used to monitor and improve the performance of a transplant center in how efficiently it evaluates persons interested in becoming a living kidney donor.

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