Consenting options for posthumous organ donation: presumed consent and incentivesare not favored

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 4 Personal preference and perception of norm of eleven consenting options according to gender

	No-organdonation	Mandatedchoice	Mandatedchoice +financialincentive	Mandatedchoice +medicalincentive	Donor-onlyinformedconsent	Donor-onlyinformedconsent +financialincentive	Donor-onlyinformedconsent +medicalincentive	Donor-or-surrogateinformedconsent	Donor-or-surrogateinformedconsent +financialincentive	Donor-or-surrogateinformedconsent +medicalincentive	Presumedconsent
Males
PersonalPreference ^a	11 [7,11]	3 [2,6]	6 [3,8]	7 [4,9]	5 [3,7]	8 [5,10]	5 [3,7]	4 [2,6]	7 [5,9]	5 [3,7]	6 [4,10]
No. percentile)	176	175	171	171	176	167	171	174	170	170	174
Perceptionof Norm ^b	11 [7.8,11]	3.5 [2,7]	7 [3,8]	5 [3,8]	5 [3,8]	7.5 [4,9]	6 [3, 7]	3 [1,6]	7 [5, 9]	5 [4,7]	7 [4,10]
No.	162	160	157	159	160	154	157	162	156	154	159
Females
PersonalPreference ^c	10 [6,11]	3 [2,6]	8 [4,9]	5 [2,7]	5 [3,7]	8 [6,10]	5 [3,7]	4 [2,7]	8 [5,9]	5 [3,7]	7 [3,10]
No.	474	481	461	473	474	457	469	469	462	474	470
Perceptionof Norm ^d	11 [7,11]	4 [2,7]	7 [4,9]	5 [2,7]	5 [3,8]	8 [5,10]	5 [3 7]	5 [3,7]	8 [5,9]	5 [3,7]	6 [3,10]
No.	443	449	435	442	442	438	441	440	433	438	441

Data indicate median [25, 75 percentile]. a, Wilcoxon signed ranks test: mandated choice vs. donor-only informed consent, p <0.001; vs. donor-or-surrogate informed consent, p = 0.17; vs. presumed informed consent, p <0.001; vs. mandated + financial incentive, p <0.001; and vs. mandated + medical incentive, p <0.001. b, Wilcoxon signed ranks test: mandated choice vs. donor-only informed consent, p = 0.002; vs. donor-or-surrogate informed consent, p = 0.27; vs. presumed informed consent, p <0.001; vs. mandated + financial incentive, p <0.001; and vs. mandated + medical incentive, p = 0.004. c, Wilcoxon signed ranks test: mandated choice vs. donor-only informed consent, p <0.001; vs. donor-or-surrogate informed consent, p <0.001; vs. presumed informed consent, p <0.001; vs. mandated + financial incentive, p <0.001; and vs. mandated + medical incentive, p <0.001. d, Wilcoxon signed ranks test: mandated choice vs. donor-only informed consent, p <0.001; vs. donor-or-surrogate informed consent, p = 0.17; vs. presumed informed consent, p <0.001; vs. mandated + financial incentive, p <0.001; and vs. mandated + medical incentive, p = 0.003.

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