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dc.creatorParada Contzen, Marcela
dc.creatorVásquez Lavín, Felipe
dc.date.issued2019-07-10
dc.identifier.issn2196-436X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11651/3598
dc.descriptionOrgan donation, compensations to living donors, cost–benefit analysis
dc.description.abstractWe perform a cost–benefit analysis on the introduction of monetary incentives for living kidney donations by estimating the compensation that would make an individual indifferent between donating and not donating a kidney while alive using Chilean data. We find that monetary incentives of US$12,000 save US$38,000 to health care system per donor and up to US$169,871 when we consider the gains in quality of life of receiving an organ. As one allows the incentives to vary depending on the individual position on the wage distribution, the compensation ranges from US$4214 to US$83,953. Importantly, introducing payments to living donors payable by a third party helps patients who currently may not have access to necessary medical treatment. Therefore, exclusions in access for organs due to the monetary constraints can be prevented.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCentro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
dc.relation.ispartofLatin American Economic Review, volumen 28, número 1, julio de 2019
dc.rightsLa revista Latin American Economic Review autoriza a poner en acceso abierto de conformidad con las licencias CREATIVE COMMONS, aprobadas por el Consejo Académico Administrativo del CIDE, las cuales establecen los parámetros de difusión de las obras con fines no comerciales. Lo anterior sin perjuicio de los derechos morales que corresponden a los autores.
dc.source2196-436X
dc.titleAn analysis of economic incentives to encourage organ donation: evidence from Chile
dc.typeArtículo
dc.accessrightsAcceso abierto
dc.recordIdentifier000003598
dc.rights.licenseCreative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND
dc.relation.project“Fondecyt (National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development-Chile)”
dc.identifier.citationEn: Latin American Economic Review, volumen 28, número 1, julio de 2019
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40503-019-0068-2
dc.relation.datasethttp://observatorio.ministeriodesarrollosocial.gob.cl/casen/casen_usuarios.php
dc.identifier.urlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40503-019-0068-2


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