Freakonomics, M.D.

11. Why Do So Many Donated Kidneys End Up in the Trash?

Nov 12, 2021

24:02

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Transplant Centers Need to Change the Time Lines

02:15

Transplant Centers Reject Good Kidneys

02:10

Transplanting Kidneys From Living Donors Is a Global Problem

04:28

Introduction

5min

Sumet Mohan's Week End of Transplants

2min

Are Usable Kidneys Being Wasted?

2min

Donor Perspectives on Kidney Transplantation

2min

Transplant Centers Reject Good Kidneys

2min

Transplant Centers Aren't Incentivized to Transplant - That's the Problem

2min

Transplant Centers Need to Change the Time Lines

2min

Transplanting Kidneys From Living Donors Is a Global Problem

4min

The Hidden Sid of Everything Stitcher Podcast

2min

Every year, thousands of people in the U.S. die while they’re waiting for a new kidney, yet thousands of available organs get thrown away. Bapu talks to a kidney doctor and an economics Nobel laureate about why this happens and how the system could improve.