Citizenship Status and Deceased Organ Donation in the USA
Our study demonstrates that noncitizens are donating healthy, viable organs to the US donor pool that are largely being received by US citizens. Given that noncitizens are donating organs to US, policy initiatives are needed to improve equity in access to transplantation receipt for this population.
Authors
- Neil R. Powe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2347-3620)
- Katherine Rizzolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6197-5256)
- Jesse D. Schold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5341-7286)
- Alice E. Toll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9231-395X)
- Samantha M. Noreen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5014-8498)
- Lilia Cervantes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9912-5684)
Institutions
- Boston Medical Center (US)
- San Francisco General Hospital (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kidney International Reports
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2025.10.025
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88