Table 2.

Ranking candidate attributes by importance in lung allocation

Candidate attribute	Score for most preferred value	Score for least preferred value	Difference	Importance rank
Adult donor model
Medical priority	3.849	0.000	3.849	2
Candidate age	0.000	− 1.601	1.601	4
Proximity	0.000	− 30.907	30.907	1
Candidate blood type relative to donor blood type	1.008	− 1.008	2.016	3
Pediatric donor model
Medical priority	3.657	0.000	3.657	2
Candidate age	1.946	0.000	1.946	4
Proximity	0.000	− 28.285	28.285	1
Candidate blood type relative to donor blood type	0.978	− 0.978	1.956	3

Calculations performed using coefficients reported in Table 1, which were rounded to third decimal place