The Quota-Allocation Formula: A Thought Experiment Integrating Wealth-Based Prioritisation into Organ Allocation


📚 Should wealth be a factor in the prioritisation of organ transplantation?

Could a wealthy patient gain priority points by paying a fee?

In my new paper, I introduce an original thought experiment: The Quota-Allocation Formula. It grants a limited fee-based advantage between medically equivalent patients. Each paid advantage generates a free priority award for another patient, while the revenue is reinvested into transplantation.

Could such a system preserve fairness while resisting the commodification of human organs?

Now published in HEC Forum by Springer Nature.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10730-026-09612-w

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