Table 2 Relative percent of ‘no benefit’, ‘harm’, and ‘benefit’ assuming a two-year waiting time and 20% of wait list inactive with 2.2-fold higher mortality rate
From: Eligibility for the kidney transplant wait list: a model for conceptualizing patient risk
Mortality: deaths per 100 patient years (Life expectancy) | No benefit (%)a | Harm (%) | Benefit (%) | Ratio harm/benefit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
15 (6.7 years) | 26 | 29 | 45 | 0.63 |
20 (5 years) | 33 | 32 | 35 | 0.93 |
25 (4 years) | 39 | 34 | 26 | 1.3 |
30 (3.3 years) | 45 | 35 | 20 | 1.8 |
35 (2.9 years) | 50 | 35 | 15 | 2.4 |