Incentivizing organ donation through a nonmonetary posthumous award

Since 2013, The Order of St John Award for Organ Donation has been offered to the families of deceased solid organ donors in the United Kingdom to honor the donors and inspire others to donate. We evaluate the effects of this award using a difference‐in‐differences approach that builds on the fact t...

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Published inHealth economics Vol. 28; no. 11; pp. 1320 - 1330
Main Authors Bedendo, Mascia, Siming, Linus
Format Journal Article Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published England Wiley Periodicals Inc 01.11.2019
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Wiley
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Biological organs
Blood & organ donations
Donors
Economics and Finance
Health economics
Humanities and Social Sciences
incentives for organ donation
organ donation
posthumous awards
posthumous awards
incentives for organ donation
organ donation
Organ donation
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Summary:Since 2013, The Order of St John Award for Organ Donation has been offered to the families of deceased solid organ donors in the United Kingdom to honor the donors and inspire others to donate. We evaluate the effects of this award using a difference‐in‐differences approach that builds on the fact that solid organ donors are eligible for the award, whereas cornea‐only donors are not. We find that the introduction of the award led to an increase in the number of deceased solid organ donors.
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ISSN:1057-9230
1099-1050
DOI:10.1002/hec.3943