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Table 1 Countries included into the analyses

From: An international comparison of deceased and living organ donation/transplant rates in opt-in and opt-out systems: a panel study

Country

Consent system

Source of consent information

Argentina

Opt-out

4,11,17

Australia

Opt-in

4,5,11,16,17

Austria

Opt-out

4,5,11,16,17

Belarus

Opt-out

16

Belgium

Opt-out

4,5,11,16,17

Brazil

Opt-ina

4,16

Bulgaria

Opt-out

4,5

Canada

Opt-in

4,5,11,16,17

Columbia

Opt-out

11,16,17

Costa Rica

Opt-out

4,16

Croatia

Opt-out

4,5,11,16,17

Cuba

Opt-in

11,16

Czech Republic

Opt-out

4,5,11,16,17

Denmark

Opt-in

4,5,11,16,17

Ecuador

Opt-out

11,16

Finland

Opt-out

4,5,11,16

France

Opt-out

4,5,11,16,17

Germany

Opt-in

4,5,11,16

Greece

Opt-out

4,5,11

Guatemala

Opt-in

11

Hong Kong

Opt-inb

www.organdonation.gov.hk/eng/knowmore.html

Hungary

Opt-out

4,5,11,17

Republic of Ireland

Opt-in

4,5,11,16

Israel

Opt-inc

http://www.health.gov.il/English/Topics/organ_transplant/Pages/organs_donors.aspx

Italy

Opt-out

4,5,11,16,17

Japan

Opt-in

5,11,16

Latvia

Opt-out

4,5

Lebanon

Opt-in

17

Lithuania

Opt-ind

http://www.transplantacija.lt/content/apiemus.en.html

Malaysia

Opt-in

11,16,17

Mexico

Opt-in

11,16

The Netherlands

Opt-in

4,5,11,16,17

New Zealand

Opt-in

4,5,11,16,17

Panama

Opt-out

4,11

Poland

Opt-out

4,5,11,16,17

Portugal

Opt-out

4,5,11,17

Puerto Rico

Opt-in

18

Romania

Opt-in

4,5,16

Russia

Opt-out

16

Singapore

Opt-out

4,11,16

Slovak Republic

Opt-out

4,5,11,16,17

Spain

Opt-out

4,5,11,16

Sweden

Opt-out

4,5,11,16,17

Taiwan

Opt-inb

http://www.nhi.gov.tw/English/webdata/webdata.aspx?menu=11&menu_id=594&WD_ID=594&webdata_id=3172

Tunisia

Opt-out

11,16

UK

Opt-in

4,5,11,16,17

USA

Opt-in

4,5,11,16,17

Venezuela

Opt-in

4,11,16

  1. aBrazil’s opt-out law was abolished in 1998 [16]. Therefore, this was regarded as an opt-in country despite the fact that the opt-in legislation was not in in place until 2001 [4]. bAccording to the source people are required to join a register if they wished to donate their organs. Therefore, this was regarded as an opt-in country. cIsrael’s consent legislation has been categorized as opt-in by some studies [17],[18] and opt-out by others [4],[5]. According to the source people are required to sign a donor card to testify that they wish to donate their organs after their death. Therefore, we regarded Israel as an opt-in country. dThe majority of research [4],[5],[11],[17] regards Lithuania as an opt-in country. However, one study [18] regarded this country as opt-out. In this country people can register their consent and dissent for organ donation. If people have not registered this, then consent is requested from next-of-kin. If the next-of-kin cannot be contacted, donation can only occur if it is an emergency. In all other cases consent is required from either the deceased or their next-of-kin. Therefore, we concurred with the vast majority of previous research in categorizing Lithuania as an opt-in country.