Description
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to provide a global examination of the shortage of organs for transplantation from an economic perspective. It provides a detailed proposal for reform based on the availability of compensation for donations within a publicly controlled monopsony.
Trade Review"[The authors] build an interesting model distinguishing between deceased-donor and living-donor kidneys . . . and generate comparative-static predictions . . . Overall, this book constitutes a courageous and well-researched attempt at coming to grips with a major problem in the current organization of health care that is becoming more critical and global by the day."—Peter Zweifel,
Public Choice"A growing number of transplant professionals, ethicists, and economists recognize the potential for incentives to improve access to transplants, but rarely has the argument for incentives been put forward with so much clarity, logic, and in-depth knowledge of transplantation."—David Howard, Emory University
"In most countries, the channels for organ procurement impose intolerable burdens on ill patients. This book examines the organ shortage from many different angles in search of resolution. Big problems generally require market-based solutions, and the authors show that this issue is no exception to that rule. Their proposal for a compensated system of organ procurement deserves to be widely read and debated."—Julio Jorge Elias, Universidad del CEMA, Argentina
