Welcome to the 2008 OPTN / SRTR Annual Report: Transplant Data 1998-2007
The U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
Ten years of transplant data are analyzed and explained by more than 40 experts in transplantation. Read the Chapters now.
The Health Resources and Services Administration's Division of Transplantation administers and oversees two contracts to facilitate the nation's allocation system for organ transplantation. The OPTN, contracted by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), is responsible for operating the national network for organ procurement and allocation, and works to promote organ donation. The SRTR, contracted by the Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, provides analytical support for the ongoing evaluation of scientific and clinical status of solid organ transplantation.
Contents of the Annual Report
Over 350 tables of comprehensive transplant data, showing both recent activity and 10-year trends
Eight chapters with analysis and explanation of the data tables prepared by more than 40 national experts, including two "special focus" articles on CUSUM and liver net benefit
Examinations of trends in waiting list patient counts and characteristics, highlighting the need for additional organ donors
Analyses of transplantation by organ, including patient outcome predictors and factors affecting patient survival
A review of trends in organ donation and utilization and recent efforts to increase the number of donors
Detailed discussions of issues frequently raised by patients, physicians, policy makers, and administrators
Online Resources
This Annual Report is a publication of the Department of Health and Human Services. It was developed by contract for the Health Resources and Services Administration, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of Transplantation. The OPTN contract requires production and dissemination of this report; the SRTR contract requires coordination of the descriptive chapters and data-related sections of this report.
This is a U.S. government-sponsored work. There are no restrictions on its use. Citing the Annual Report.
Find national graft and recipient survival rates for all organs from 1997 to 2006. View graft and patient survival data now.
Survival and time to transplant are among the outcomes available for all wait-listed patients. View waiting list outcomes now.
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