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. 2012 Nov 22;13:32. doi: 10.1186/1472-6939-13-32

Table 2.

Personal preference of eleven consenting options

  No-organ donation (655) Mandated choice (661) Mandated choice + financial incentive (637) Mandated choice + medical incentive (649) Donor-only informed consent (655) Donor- only informed consent + financial incentive (629) Donor- only informed consent + medical incentive (645) Donor-or- surrogate informed consent (648) Donor-or- surrogate informed consent + financial incentive (637) Donor-or- surrogate informed consent + medical incentive (649) Presumed consent (649)
1stRank
 13
 23
 4
 14
 12
 3
 9
 13
 2
 10
 8
2nd Rank
 2
 18
 7
 11
 11
 4
 13
 15
 6
 8
 9
3rd Rank
 2
 13
 10
 9
 13
 5
 9
 13
 5
 14
 8
4th Rank
 2
 9
 7
 11
 9
 6
 12
 13
 7
 13
 12
5th Rank
 4
 7
 6
 8
 13
 6
 15
 7
 8
 17
 7
6th Rank
 2
 9
 8
 11
 10
 7
 12
 13
 9
 12
 4
7th Rank
 5
 5
 9
 9
 8
 11
 11
 10
 14
 8
 8
8thRank
 5
 5
 14
 8
 6
 16
 9
 5
 16
 9
 4
9th Rank
 4
 6
 16
 9
 9
 15
 6
 6
 17
 5
 4
10thRank
 10
 3
 13
 7
 7
 17
 4
 4
 13
 2
 17
11th Rank
 50
 2
 5
 2
 1
 11
 1
 1
 3
 2
 19
Median [25%, 75%]
 11 [6,11]
 3 [2,6]
 7 [4,9]
 5 [3,8]
 5 [3,7]
 8 [6,10]
 5 [3,7]
 4 [2,7]
 7 [5,9]
 5 [3,7]
 7 [3,10]
Mean [SD] 8.3 [3.7] 4.0 [2.8] 6.6 [2.9] 5.2 [3.0] 5.0 [2.8] 7.5 [2.7] 5.1 [2.6] 4.6 [2.7] 7.0 [2.5] 5.0 [2.5] 6.6 [3.5]

Numbers between () represent the number of responses. Data indicate the percentage of respondents who assigned the indicated rank to the corresponding consenting option. Wilcoxon signed ranks test: mandated choice vs. donor-only informed consent, p <0.001; mandated choice vs. donor-or-surrogate informed consent, p <0.001; mandated choice vs. presumed informed consent, p <0.001. Kendall’s W coefficient of concordance (comparing mandated choice, donor-only informed consent, or donor-or-surrogate informed consent each with the same option plus medical or financial incentives) was, 0.115, 0.189, and 0.183, respectively (p <0.001).