A New Simulation Model for Kidney Transplantation in the United States

Burhaneddin Sandikci; Sait Tunc; Bekir Tanriover

doi:10.1109/WSC40007.2019.9004914

A New Simulation Model for Kidney Transplantation in the United States

Burhaneddin Sandikci, Sait Tunc, Bekir Tanriover

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Abstract

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has been using simulation models for over two decades to guide the evolution of organ allocation policies in the United States. UNOS kidney simulation model (KPSAM), which played a crucial role in the 2014 U.S. kidney allocation policy update, is also available to the general public as an executable file. However, this format offers little flexibility to its users in trying out different policy proposals. We describe the development of a discrete-event simulation model as an alternative to KPSAM. It is similar to KPSAM in incorporating many clinical and operational details. On the other hand, it offers more flexibility in evaluating various policy proposals and runs significantly faster than KPSAM due to its efficient use of modern computing technologies. Simulated results closely match actual U.S. kidney transplantation outcomes, building confidence in the accuracy and validity of the model.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1079-1090
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728132839
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC40007.2019.9004914
Publication status	Published - Dec 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	2019 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2019 - National Harbor, United States Duration: 8 Dec 2019 → 11 Dec 2019

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
Volume	2019-December
ISSN (Print)	0891-7736

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Conference	2019 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	National Harbor
Period	8/12/19 → 11/12/19

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Funding

Sandıkc¸ı acknowledges the financial support from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Becker-Friedman Institute Health Economics Initiative at the University of Chicago. Tanrıöver is partly supported by the University of Texas Southwestern O’Brien Kidney Research Core Center grant NIH-P30DK079328. This research used resources from the University of Chicago Research Computing Center. This work was supported in part by Health Resources and Services Administration contract 234-2005-370011C. The content is the responsibility of the authors alone and does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Funders	Funder number
University of Texas Southwestern O’Brien Kidney Research Core Center	NIH-P30DK079328
Health Resources and Services Administration	234-2005-370011C
University of Chicago

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Sandikci, B, Tunc, S & Tanriover, B 2019, A New Simulation Model for Kidney Transplantation in the United States. in 2019 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2019., 9004914, Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference, vol. 2019-December, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1079-1090, 2019 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2019, National Harbor, United States, 8/12/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC40007.2019.9004914

A New Simulation Model for Kidney Transplantation in the United States. / Sandikci, Burhaneddin; Tunc, Sait; Tanriover, Bekir.
2019 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 1079-1090 9004914 (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference; Vol. 2019-December).

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