Canadian demand and access to corneal transplantation: a provincial comparison

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To gather information from stakeholders involved in corneal donation and transplantation to inform discussion at the “National Consensus Forum on Improving Cornea Donation and Transplantation Access in Canada” held in February 2020, survey questions were posed to eye banks, transplanting ophthalmologists and organ donation organizations across Canada to learn more about demand, wait times, and access to tissue for transplant. The survey response rate was one hundred percent (100%) for eye banks and organ donation organizations while 64 percent (64%) of transplant ophthalmologists provided feedback. A number of opportunities for improvement were identified including: demand forecasting; infrastructure and strategies to align supply with demand; data collection and benchmarking of wait times for assessment and transplant to support consistency, equitability and transparency in access; and national collaboration in the development of a data strategy to accurately measure demand and access to cornea transplants in a consistent manner across all provinces to facilitate equity in access nationally.

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Humphreys, C., Maru, K., Yeung, S. N., Rocha, G., & Chan, C. C. (2022). Canadian demand and access to corneal transplantation: a provincial comparison. Cell and Tissue Banking, 23(4), 685–693. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-021-09968-y

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