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LAST MONTH’S READER POLL

 

Demand for Transplants

 



Readers last month were asked: 

1.  What do you think will happen to the demand for unrelated donor
     transplants over the next seven years? 

     YOUR RESPONSES

 
  • Demand will at least triple – 8%
  • Demand will at least double – 72%
  • Demand will remain about the same as today – 21%
  • Demand will decline – 0%
       

        2.  If the demand for unrelated transplants grows significantly in the next
             several years,  will your program have the capacity to expand to
          accommodate more patients and procedures?

YOUR RESPONSES

  • Yes – 64%
  • No – 23%
  • Don't Know – 13%


SELECTED COMMENTS

·         The need might at least triple, but the demand may be less if the results of transplant don't continue to improve.

 

·         The demand may not change, but the rate of success in finding suitable donors will increase as the number of volunteers in the registries increases.

 

·         Not unless our hospital administration is on board with increased spending for additional personnel and resources.

 

·         Depends on our hospital's willingness to provide more space and staff.  We are currently functioning close to capacity, both in staff and space.

 

·         I don't know.  Although we have plans for more physical space, finding adequate numbers of doctors and nurses will be extremely challenging.

                           

·         Ancillary staff issues may be limiting.