Germany's Path to a National Kidney Exchange Program: An Assessment of the 2024 Legislative Proposal
We believe that the draft law's exclusion of compatible donor-recipient pairs may ultimately undermine transplant quality, limit access, and reduce overall program efficiency. We therefore recommend a modest but essential amendment to the legislation before it is submitted for final approval by the Federal Parliament.
Authors
- David F. Manlove (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6754-7308)
- Christine Kurschat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3646-9471)
- Péter Biró
- Lisa Burnapp
- Axel Ockenfels
- Ágnes Cseh
- Klemens Budde
Institutions
- Eötvös Loránd University (HU)
- NHS Blood and Transplant (GB)
- Corvinus University of Budapest (HU)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing (DE)
- University of Bayreuth (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Policy
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2026.105578
- Primary Topic
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
- Magyar Tudományos Akadémia
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council