16 January 2024: Original Paper
Immediate Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Heart and Kidney Transplantation and the Recovery Trends in 30 Developed and Less-Developed Countries
Mohammad Islam 1CDE , Bryson Edwards 2BDFG , Jeffrey Goddard 2BDG , Ruhul H. Kuddus 2ACDEFG*DOI: 10.12659/AOT.942188
Ann Transplant 2024; 29:e942188
Table 6 Year-to-year changes in heart, living donor kidney (LDK), deceased donor kidney (DDK), and combined kidney transplantation per million population over the years 2020, 2021, and 2022 in high-gross domestic product (GDP), mid-GDP, and low-GDP countries. The annual change is calculated based on the actual number of transplants performed in that year (Y2) and the previous year (Y1), using the formula ((Y2-Y1)/Y1))×100.
| Organ | Country group | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Heart | High-GDP | −5% | −13% | 5% |
| Mid-GDP | −10% | −21% | 21% | |
| Low-GDP | −25% | 3% | 0% | |
| DDK | High-GDP | −4% | −1% | 4% |
| Mid-GDP | −7% | 9% | 2% | |
| Low-GDP | −35% | 20% | 6% | |
| LDK | High-GDP | −19% | 3% | −7% |
| Mid-GDP | −6% | 11% | −3% | |
| Low-GDP | −46% | 46% | 21% | |
| DDK+LDK | High-GDP | −1% | −3% | 1% |
| Mid-GDP | −14% | 13% | 0% | |
| Low-GDP | −37% | 28% | 11% | |