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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2010 Mar 16;152(6):358–365. doi: 10.1059/0003-4819-152-6-201003160-00005

Table 1.

Proportions of Participants Who Would Donate a Kidney, by Scenario

Scenario Number* Scenario Attributes Outcome
Scenario Included in Packet 1, 2, or Both Risk for Kidney Failure, % Payment for Donation, $ Recipient Participants Who Would Donate, %
1 1, 2 0.1 100 000 Family 87.4
2 1 0.1 10 000 Family 86.0
3 1 1.0 100 000 Family 84.9
4 1 0.1 0 Family 84.3
5 1 1.0 0 Family 83.2
6 1, 2 1.0 10 000 Family 79.8
7 1 10 100 000 Family 75.7
8 1 10 10 000 Family 74.6
9 1, 2 10 0 Family 74.0
10 2 1.0 100 000 Waiting list 49.0
11 1, 2 0.1 100 000 Waiting list 46.8
12 2 0.1 10 000 Waiting list 35.7
13 1, 2 1.0 10 000 Waiting list 30.1
14 2 10 100 000 Waiting list 29.9
15 2 0.1 0 Waiting list 29.9
16 2 10 10 000 Waiting list 24.2
17 1, 2 10 0 Waiting list 19.0
18 2 1.0 0 Waiting list 17.2
*

Scenarios are numbered on the basis of a ranking of the proportion of participants who would donate a kidney if the indicated risk for renal failure and the indicated financial payment were included and if the donated kidney went to the indicated recipient.

Each participant was randomly assigned to receive 1 of 2 packets of 12 scenarios each.