Table 2.
Insurance Group | All Transplants | Deceased Donor Transplant | Living Donor Transplant | Death | Delistinga |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
VA versus private | 0.72 (0.68, 0.76)b | 0.85 (0.80, 0.90)b | 0.51 (0.46, 0.57)b | 0.89 (0.82, 0.97)b | 1.38 (1.26, 1.51)b |
VA versus Medicare | 0.85 (0.81, 0.90)b | 0.91 (0.85, 0.96)b | 0.77 (0.69, 0.86)b | 0.77 (0.71, 0.84)b | 1.10 (1.001, 1.20)b |
VA versus Medicaid | 1.00 (0.94, 1.06) | 1.01 (0.95, 1.08) | 1.00 (0.89, 1.12) | 0.76 (0.70, 0.83)b | 1.04 (0.95, 1.15) |
Models adjusted for age group, race, sex, diagnosis group, time on dialysis at listing, candidate status at listing, panel reactive antibody, body mass index group, education, malignancy, peripheral vascular disease, region, year of listing, log distance to center, and community risk score. Model of deceased donor transplant excludes live donor transplants. Model of living donor transplant excludes deceased donor transplants.
Delisting for reasons of “health deterioration” or “other.”
P<0.05