Table 4.

Health professional ranked priorities to increase living donor kidney transplantation

Overall ranking of statements (% of participants who picked these statements in their top 3 choices)

1.Create standardized referral and evaluation guidelines (56.4%)

2.Organize and streamline evaluation of living donors and their recipients better (52.7%)

3.Provide more education and training to health professionals (44.8%)

4.Provide more education to the recipients and donor candidates (42.3%)

5.Improve communication between the referring team and the transplant team (39.1%)

6.Engage every team member in discussions about living donation (23.5%)

7.More funding to support resources and other personnel (28.9%)

8.Improve general attitudes among health professionals toward living donation (8.5%)

9.Other (5.1%)

Other emerging themes based on the review of the descriptive comments (in no particular order)

•Increasing public education

•Improved peer support

•Financial support for the donor and attaining financial neutrality