Financial Incentives to Increase Canadian Organ Donation: Quick Fix or Fallacy? John S. Gill, MD, MS, Scott Klarenbach, MD, Lianne Barnieh, PhD, Timothy Caulfield, LLM, FRSC, Greg Knoll, MD, Adeera Levin, MD, Edward H. Cole, MD American Journal of Kidney Diseases Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 133-140 (January 2014) DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.08.029 Copyright © 2013 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Median waiting time (in days) among deceased donor kidney transplant recipients in different regions in 2009-2011. Deceased donor kidneys are not routinely shared between provinces. Instead, kidneys are shared within 7 geographic regions in which organ donation services are managed by provincially administered organ procurement organizations (eg, a single organ procurement organization provides organ donation services for all of Atlantic Canada, including Nova Scotia [NS], New Brunswick [NB], Prince Edward Island [PEI], and Newfoundland [NF]. Abbreviations: AB, Alberta; BC, British Columbia; MB, Manitoba; ON, Ontario; PQ, Quebec; SK, Saskatchewan; YK, Yukon. Data source: Kim.1 American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2014 63, 133-140DOI: (10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.08.029) Copyright © 2013 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions