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

Table 5 The impact of opt-out consent on organ donation rates (pmp), 2000-2012

Type of donation	Overall grand mean	Opt-in consent	Opt-out consent
	(No. countries, total observations)	M(SE)	M(SE)	Consent	Year (B)	GDP (B)	RTA (B)	Catholic (B)	Legal (B)	Hospital beds (B)
Deceased donors	12.11 (48, 521)	9.98 (1.30)	14.24 (1.28)	t(41.24) = 2.26, P = .029	0.29***	0.0004***	0.01	3.19**	0.28	0.01
Living donors	7.42 (48, 459)	9.36 (0.95)	5.49 (0.94)	t(41.11) = 2.89, P = .006	0.26**	0.0001*	-0.002	-2.05*	1.11	-0.09**
Without Spain
Deceased donors	11.64 (47, 508)	9.87 (1.19)	13.41 (1.19)	t(39.99) = 2.06, P = .046	0.29***	0.0004***	0.01	2.59*	0.07	0.02
Living donors	7.47 (47, 448)	9.33 (0.95)	5.60 (0.97)	t(40.14) = 2.75, P = .009	0.26**	0.0001*	-0.002	-1.97*	1.13	-0.09**

Table contains estimated means and standard errors. *P < .05, **P < .01, and ***P < .001. Consent scored -1 = opt-in, 1 = opt-out, Legal scored -1 = common law, 1 = civil law, Catholic scored -1 = -25%, 0 = > 25% to75%, 1 = >75%, continuous level-two variables (GDP, RTA and hospital beds) were grand mean centered. Coefficients are all unstandardized. GDP, gross domestic product; RTA, road traffic accidents.

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