Which procedures be used to assign the organ

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 626. Recently, medical science has made it possible to save lives by transplanting body parts from donors to patients who need them. But for some body organs there are not enough to go around, and some patients die before they can obtain a transplant. When only one organ is available and several patients need it for survival, the organ could be assigned to a patient by one of the following procedures: Auction: The organ is assigned to the patient who can pay the most for it. First come, first served: The organ is assigned to the patient who has been waiting the longest Lottery: The organ is assigned to the patient whose name is drawn at random. Merit: The organ is assigned to the patient who can make the greatest contribution to others and society. a. Which of these procdures should be used to assign the organ among the patients who need it for survival?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	auction	don't know	first come-first served	lottery	merit	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	1460	17	55	1151	86	120	15	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	1974	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	2867	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	67402	17	55	1151	86	120	15	6853	75699

Values

• 1 auction

• 2 first come-first served

• 3 lottery

• 4 merit

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook