The data and metrics cover key aspects of the donation process, including deaths within the DSA, deaths meeting standardized definitions of "eligible" or "imminent" deaths, how often deceased individuals become donors, and how many organs are successfully placed for transplant. This guide will help you better understand and interpret these metrics.

2023年4月28日 · There are currently 56 OPOs certified by CMS in the United States, each assigned to a donation service area (DSA). Recent publications have demonstrated the wide variability of organ retrieval by OPOs that contribute to …

Seven sections with a total of 24 tables and 24 figures report statistics for the 56* individual organ procurement organizations (OPOs) and their donation service areas (DSAs). The statistics in these tables and figures are based on data available from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) as of October 31, 2024.

Guide to Key OPO Metrics. Donor Conversion Donor Yield. Analytic Methods: PSRs OSRs

2020年11月20日 · There are currently 58 OPOs, each assigned to their own donation service area (DSA). Several government agencies, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), regulate different aspects of the U.S. organ transplant system.

Donation service area (DSA) means a geographical area of sufficient size to ensure maximum effectiveness in the procurement and equitable distribution of organs and that either includes an entire metropolitan statistical area or does not include any part of such an area and that meets the standards of this subpart.

2023年5月30日 · The visual dashboard allows further exploration of inter-OPO and inter-DSA differences. As shown in Figure 3A, 2 OPOs serve DSA where Black patients comprise a large proportion of CALC deaths and a high fraction of inpatient beds are located in small hospitals. OPO 1 is just above the US average in overall procurement rate, while OPO 2 has a 32 ...

Centers in donor service areas (DSAs) with lower-performing OPOs had higher local utilization and greater import of high-KDPI kidneys than did those with higher-performing OPOs. Lower rates of donor availability relative to waitlist additions may contribute to …

2019年12月17日 · OPOs are non-profit organizations responsible for the evaluation and procurement of organs for transplantation. They are the entities legally permitted by law to recover organs from deceased donors and also provide support to donor families, clinical management of organ donors, and professional and public education about organ donation.

To meet new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) metrics, organ pro-curement organizations (OPOs) will benefit from understanding performance across decedent and hospital types.