Report Cards

The report cards compare organ transplant volumes at Duke with those at other North Carolina medical institutions. They also compare post-procedural patient and organ graft survival at Duke with the national average.

Heart Transplant Report Card (April 2007)

Outcomes

Outcomes are for the duration of post-procedural survival of patients. Each pair of percentiles compares Duke's outcomes with the national average of all transplant centers as tabulated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (shown in parentheses). Outcomes are computed using the Kaplan-Meier Method; a statistical technique that can produce expected transplant outcome statistics for a given year when data is incomplete.

Kidney and Pancreas Report Card (April 2007)

Outcomes

Below are the figures for post-procedural survival of patients and survival of the transplanted grafts. Death with a functioning graft is considered a graft failure as of the date of death. Each pair of numbers compares Duke patients with the national average of all transplant centers as tabulated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (shown in parentheses), using the Kaplan-Meier method. Center specific and national graft and patient survival data, adjusted for differences in patient characteristics at the time of transplant are also available at www.ustransplant.org.

Liver Transplant Report Card (April 2007)

Outcomes

Outcomes are for the duration of post-procedural survival of patients and survival of the actual organ grafts. Each pair of percentiles compares Dukes outcomes with the national average of all transplant centers as tabulated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (shown in parentheses). Outcomes are computed using the Kaplan-Meier Method, a statistical technique that can produce expected transplant outcome statistics for a given year when data is incomplete.

Lung Transplant Report Card (April 2007)

Outcomes

Outcomes are for the duration of post-procedural survival of patients. Each pair of percentiles compares Dukes outcomes with the national average of all transplant centers as tabulated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (shown in parentheses). Outcomes are computed using the Kaplan-Meier Method, a statistical technique that can produce expected transplant outcome statistics for a given year when data is incomplete.