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Journal of Medical Systems
Published in: Journal of Medical Systems 3/2012

01-06-2012 | ORIGINAL PAPER

Evaluation of Kidney Transplantation Programmes Using System Simulation

Authors: S. Prasanna Devi, S. Saravana Kumar, K. Suryaprakasa Rao

Published in: Journal of Medical Systems | Issue 3/2012

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Abstract

In the case of kidney transplantations, there is always a serious imbalance between the number of kidneys donated for transplantation and the number of persons wishing to receive a transplant. This not only affects the quality of life of those unable to obtain a transplant, but it also has important repercussions on the treatment of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) by transplantation and dialysis. Also there are a number of ways in which the kidney transplantation can be achieved, such as the cadaveric kidney transplantation, live donor kidney transplantation, kidney paired donation and list exchange. A simulation study of all the referred programmes is performed using simulation models developed for each programme to obtain the better estimate of the average waiting time of a patient per year. With the estimates given by the simulation models, the best serving programme for each blood type patient is selected, declared and recommended.
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Metadata
Title
Evaluation of Kidney Transplantation Programmes Using System Simulation
Authors
S. Prasanna Devi
S. Saravana Kumar
K. Suryaprakasa Rao
Publication date
01-06-2012
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Medical Systems / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0148-5598
Electronic ISSN: 1573-689X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-010-9574-0

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