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Tommy Andersson

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Modelling and optimisation in European Kidney Exchange Programmes

Author

  • Péter Biró
  • Joris van de Klundert
  • David Manlove
  • William Pettersson
  • Tommy Andersson
  • Lisa Burnapp
  • Pavel Chromy
  • Pablo Delgado
  • Piotr Dworczak
  • Bernadette Haase
  • Aline Hemke
  • Rachel Johnson
  • Xenia Klimentova
  • Dirk Kuypers
  • Alessandro Nanni Costa
  • Bart Smeulders
  • Frits Spieksma
  • María O. Valentín
  • Ana Viana
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Summary, in English

The complex multi-criteria optimisation problems arising in Kidney Exchange Programmes have received considerable attention both in practice and in the scientific literature. Whereas theoretical advancements are well reviewed and synthesised, this is not the case for practice. We present a synthesis of models and methods applied in present European Kidney Exchange Programmes, which is based on detailed descriptions we created for this purpose. Most descriptions address national programmes, yet we also present findings on emerging cross-national programmes. The synthesis provides a systematic and detailed description of the models and methods the programmes use, revealing important commonalities as well as considerable variation among them. Rather than distilling a single best practice from these results, we find that the variation in models and methods arises because of variation in country characteristics, policies, and ethics. The synthesised state of the art may benefit future national and cross-national initiatives and direct future theoretical contributions within and across the boundaries of the Operations Research discipline.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics

Publishing year

2021

Language

English

Pages

447-456

Publication/Series

European Journal of Operational Research

Volume

291

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Keywords

  • Ethics in OR
  • Kidney exchange
  • OR in health services
  • OR in practice

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0377-2217