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Vanessa Silva e Silva1, Luciana Carvalho Moura2, Renata Fabiana Leite1, Priscilla Caroliny de Oliveira1, Janine Schirmer3, Bartira De' Aguiar Roza4.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the viability of a professional specialist in intra-hospital committees of organ and tissue donation for transplantation.METHODS Epidemiological, retrospective and cross-sectional study (2003-2011 and 2008-2012), which was performed using organ donation for transplants data in the state of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil. Nine hospitals were evaluated (hospitals 1 to 9). Logistic regression was used to evaluate the differences in the number of brain death referrals and actual donors (dependent variables) after the professional specialist started work (independent variable) at the intra-hospital committee of organ and tissue donation for transplantation. To evaluate the hospital invoicing, the hourly wage of the doctor and registered nurse, according to the legislation of the Consolidation of Labor Laws, were calculated, as were the investment return and the time elapsed to do so.RESULTS Following the nursing specialist commencement on the committee, brain death referrals and the number of actual donors increased at hospital 2 (4.17 and 1.52, respectively). At hospital 7, the number of actual donors also increased from 0.005 to 1.54. In addition, after the nurse started working, hospital revenues increased by 190.0% (ranging 40.0% to 1.955%). The monthly cost for the nurse working 20 hours was US$397.97 while the doctor would cost US$3,526.67. The return on investment was 275% over the short term (0.36 years).CONCLUSIONS This paper showed that including a professional specialist in intra-hospital committees for organ and tissue donation for transplantation proved to be cost-effective. Further economic research in the area could contribute to the efficient public policy implementation of this organ and tissue harvesting model.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26487290 PMCID: PMC4603262 DOI: 10.1590/S0034-8910.2015049005770
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Saude Publica ISSN: 0034-8910 Impact factor: 2.106
Figure 1Number of brain death referrals before and after the project at Hospital 2. Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, 2005 to 2011.
Figure 2Number of actual donors before and after the project at Hospital 2. Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, 2005 to 2011.
Figure 3Number of actual donors before and after the project at Hospital 1. Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, 2003 to 2012.
Figura 1Número de notificações de morte encefálica antes e depois do projeto no Hospital 2. São Paulo, 2005 a 2011.
Figura 2Número de doadores efetivos antes e depois do projeto no Hospital 2. São Paulo, 2005 a 2011.
Figura 3Número de doadores efetivos antes e depois do projeto no Hospital 1. São Paulo, 2003 a 2012.