Public Opinions on Removing Disincentives and Introducing Incentives for Organ Donation: Proposing a European Research Agenda.

Autor: Ambagtsheer F; Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands., Bunnik E; Department of Medical Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands., Pengel LHM; Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands., Reinders ME; Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands., Elias JJ; Department of Economics, School of Business, University of CEMA, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Lacetera N; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Macis M; Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation [Transpl Int] 2024 Apr 03; Vol. 37, pp. 12483. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 03 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.3389/ti.2024.12483
Abstrakt: The shortage of organs for transplantations is increasing in Europe as well as globally. Many initiatives to the organ shortage, such as opt-out systems for deceased donation and expanding living donation, have been insufficient to meet the rising demand for organs. In recurrent discussions on how to reduce organ shortage, financial incentives and removal of disincentives, have been proposed to stimulate living organ donation and increase the pool of available donor organs. It is important to understand not only the ethical acceptability of (dis)incentives for organ donation, but also its societal acceptance. In this review, we propose a research agenda to help guide future empirical studies on public preferences in Europe towards the removal of disincentives and introduction of incentives for organ donation. We first present a systematic literature review on public opinions concerning (financial) (dis)incentives for organ donation in European countries. Next, we describe the results of a randomized survey experiment conducted in the United States. This experiment is crucial because it suggests that societal support for incentivizing organ donation depends on the specific features and institutional design of the proposed incentive scheme. We conclude by proposing this experiment's framework as a blueprint for European research on this topic.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2024 Ambagtsheer, Bunnik, Pengel, Reinders, Elias, Lacetera and Macis.)
Databáze: MEDLINE