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Learn about the financial realities of transplantation and the challenges faced by patients on the OPTN waiting list for kidney or liver. Explore transplant costs, medication costs, wait times, and survival rates in the U.S. Discover a solution for patients through the NFT vs Go Fund Me platform and the Living Donor Program. Complete the application, verify transplant need, develop a funding plan, pay incurred expenses, and solicit support. Visit www.transplants.org for more information.
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on the OPTN waiting list waiting for a kidney, or liver Americans have kidney failure. Of these, 468,000 are on dialysis 116K 95% 660K (Sources: OPTN and The National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Financial Realities of TransplantationAm I Ready to Reach Out for Help?
TRANSPLANT COSTS IN U.S. (Source: Milliman Research Report, 2017 U.S. Organ and Tissue Transplant Cost Estimates and Discussion)
MEDICATION COSTS (Source: Milliman Research Report, 2017 U.S. Organ and Tissue Transplant Cost Estimates and Discussion)
WAIT TIME BY TRANSPLANT (Source: Milliman Research Report, 2017 U.S. Organ and Tissue Transplant Cost Estimates and Discussion)
SURVIVAL RATE (Source: Milliman Research Report, 2017 U.S. Organ and Tissue Transplant Cost Estimates and Discussion)
Process 1 Complete Application 2 Verify Transplant Need Develop Funding Plan 3 Pay Incurred Expenses 5 Solicit 4
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