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Table 9.4b

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers - DCD Donors

Primary Payment Source Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 39 67 79 111 185 271 289 307 276 289
Private Insurance 29 42 56 71 115 152 156 191 168 173
Medicaid 3 10 5 14 25 39 62 39 52 38
Medicare 4 11 15 20 44 75 56 70 53 69
Other 3 4 3 6 1 5 15 7 3 9
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Private Insurance 74.4% 62.7% 70.9% 64.0% 62.2% 56.1% 54.0% 62.2% 60.9% 59.9%
Medicaid 7.7% 14.9% 6.3% 12.6% 13.5% 14.4% 21.5% 12.7% 18.8% 13.1%
Medicare 10.3% 16.4% 19.0% 18.0% 23.8% 27.7% 19.4% 22.8% 19.2% 23.9%
Other 7.7% 6.0% 3.8% 5.4% 0.5% 1.8% 5.2% 2.3% 1.1% 3.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a deceased donor liver was one of

the organs transplanted.