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Comparing Deceased Organ Donation Performance in Two Countries that Use Different Metrics: Comparing Apples With Apples
Organ donation networks audit and report on national or regional organ donation performance, however there are inconsistencies in the metrics and definitions used, rendering comparisons difficult or inappropriate. This is despite multiple attempts exploring the possibility for convergently evolving...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9136659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35634583 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ti.2022.10461 |
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author | Milross, Luke Brown, Chloe Gladkis, Laura Downes, Kylie Goodwin, Melissa Madden, Susanna McDonald, Mark Barry, Lucinda Opdam, Helen Manara, Alex Gardiner, Dale |
author_facet | Milross, Luke Brown, Chloe Gladkis, Laura Downes, Kylie Goodwin, Melissa Madden, Susanna McDonald, Mark Barry, Lucinda Opdam, Helen Manara, Alex Gardiner, Dale |
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description | Organ donation networks audit and report on national or regional organ donation performance, however there are inconsistencies in the metrics and definitions used, rendering comparisons difficult or inappropriate. This is despite multiple attempts exploring the possibility for convergently evolving audits so that collectives of donation networks might transparently share data and practice and then target system interventions. This paper represents a collaboration between the United Kingdom and Australian organ donation organisations which aimed to understand the intricacies of our respective auditing systems, compare the metrics and definitions they employ and ultimately assess their level of comparability. This point of view outlines the historical context underlying the development of the auditing tools, demonstrates their differences to the Critical Pathway proposed as a common tool a decade ago and presents a side-by-side comparison of donation definitions, metrics and data for the 2019 calendar year. There were significant differences in donation definition terminology, metrics and overall structure of the audits. Fitting the audits to a tiered scaffold allowed for reasonable comparisons however this required substantial effort and understanding of nuance. Direct comparison of international and inter-regional donation performance is challenging and would benefit from consistent auditing processes across organisations. |
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spelling | pubmed-91366592022-05-28 Comparing Deceased Organ Donation Performance in Two Countries that Use Different Metrics: Comparing Apples With Apples Milross, Luke Brown, Chloe Gladkis, Laura Downes, Kylie Goodwin, Melissa Madden, Susanna McDonald, Mark Barry, Lucinda Opdam, Helen Manara, Alex Gardiner, Dale Transpl Int Health Archive Organ donation networks audit and report on national or regional organ donation performance, however there are inconsistencies in the metrics and definitions used, rendering comparisons difficult or inappropriate. This is despite multiple attempts exploring the possibility for convergently evolving audits so that collectives of donation networks might transparently share data and practice and then target system interventions. This paper represents a collaboration between the United Kingdom and Australian organ donation organisations which aimed to understand the intricacies of our respective auditing systems, compare the metrics and definitions they employ and ultimately assess their level of comparability. This point of view outlines the historical context underlying the development of the auditing tools, demonstrates their differences to the Critical Pathway proposed as a common tool a decade ago and presents a side-by-side comparison of donation definitions, metrics and data for the 2019 calendar year. There were significant differences in donation definition terminology, metrics and overall structure of the audits. Fitting the audits to a tiered scaffold allowed for reasonable comparisons however this required substantial effort and understanding of nuance. Direct comparison of international and inter-regional donation performance is challenging and would benefit from consistent auditing processes across organisations. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9136659/ /pubmed/35634583 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ti.2022.10461 Text en Copyright © 2022 Milross, Brown, Gladkis, Downes, Goodwin, Madden, McDonald, Barry, Opdam, Manara and Gardiner. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Health Archive Milross, Luke Brown, Chloe Gladkis, Laura Downes, Kylie Goodwin, Melissa Madden, Susanna McDonald, Mark Barry, Lucinda Opdam, Helen Manara, Alex Gardiner, Dale Comparing Deceased Organ Donation Performance in Two Countries that Use Different Metrics: Comparing Apples With Apples |
title | Comparing Deceased Organ Donation Performance in Two Countries that Use Different Metrics: Comparing Apples With Apples |
title_full | Comparing Deceased Organ Donation Performance in Two Countries that Use Different Metrics: Comparing Apples With Apples |
title_fullStr | Comparing Deceased Organ Donation Performance in Two Countries that Use Different Metrics: Comparing Apples With Apples |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparing Deceased Organ Donation Performance in Two Countries that Use Different Metrics: Comparing Apples With Apples |
title_short | Comparing Deceased Organ Donation Performance in Two Countries that Use Different Metrics: Comparing Apples With Apples |
title_sort | comparing deceased organ donation performance in two countries that use different metrics: comparing apples with apples |
topic | Health Archive |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9136659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35634583 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ti.2022.10461 |
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