Paying for Kidneys: Reflections on Welfare Economics, Political Economy, and Market Design

Dec 1, 2022, 00:00
10.1016/j.jval.2022.09.005
https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(22)02184-2/fulltext
Title : Paying for Kidneys: Reflections on Welfare Economics, Political Economy, and Market Design
Citation : https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/action/showCitFormats?pii=S1098-3015(22)02184-2&doi=10.1016/j.jval.2022.09.005
First page : 1925
Section Title : COMMENTARY
Open access? : No
Section Order : 1925
British philosopher Janet Radcliffe Richards at the University of Oxford has written: “If you die through mistakes in moral reasoning, you are just as dead as if you die through mistakes in medicine.” The aim of the authors of this thought-provoking cost-benefit analysis is to estimate and inform us about the cost to American society of the limits—perhaps owing to mistakes in both moral and economic reasoning—on the ability of healthy individuals to donate or supply their second or “extra” kidney to those who have kidney failure.The 1984 National Organ Transplant Act makes it unlawful to share anything of value between organ donor and recipient, prohibiting exchange for “valuable consideration” (meaning, specifically, payments beyond “reasonable” expenses for removal, implantation, etc).
Categories :
  • Health Policy & Regulatory
  • Insurance Systems & National Health Care
  • Pricing Policy & Schemes
  • Specialized Treatment Areas
  • Specific Diseases & Conditions
  • Surgery
  • Urinary/Kidney Disorders
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