Clinician Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Abdominal Organ Transplant Access

This qualitative study of transplant clinician and staff perspectives affirms existing knowledge of patient-level barriers and facilitators to transplant access. Evaluation of perspectives across all clinical and nonclinical staff roles involved in the transplant evaluation and selection process provides novel elucidation of how transplant center–level processes may act as barriers and facilitators for patients. Key opportunities at the patient, clinician, and systems levels are identified for the development of targeted, center-driven interventions to improve transplant access through amplification of existing patient-level programs.

Corresponding Author: Lisa McElroy, MD, MS, Departments of Surgery and Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine Box 3512, Durham, NC 27710 (lisa.mcelroy@duke.edu).

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