Table 1.
Rank-ordered logit estimates
Adult donor Mean coefficient (standard error) |
Pediatric donor Mean coefficient (standard error) |
|
---|---|---|
Medical priority | ||
Lung allocation score |
0.040*** (< 0.001) |
0.038*** (< 0.001) |
Candidate age | ||
Less than 12 years old |
− 1.601*** (0.026) |
1.946*** (0.056) |
Between 12 and 17 years old |
1.928*** (0.033) |
|
Proximity | ||
Distance (NM) |
− 0.007*** (< 0.001) |
− 0.007*** (< 0.001) |
Candidate blood type relative to donor blood type | ||
Identical |
1.008*** (< 0.001) |
0.978*** (0.004) |
Compatible |
− 1.008*** (< 0.001) |
− 0.978*** (0.004) |
(1) Blood type variables are effects coded, candidate age variables are dummy coded, LAS and distance are coded as continuous variables. (2) *** denotes p < .01 for statistical significance relative to adjacent categories