The Kidney Transplant Evaluation Process in the Elderly: Reasons for Being Turned down and Opportunities to Improve Cost-Effectiveness in a Single Center

Table 2

Summary of patients and their referral/evaluation outcomes.

Patient outcomes after referral/evaluation	All patients referred for transplant		All patients evaluated in clinic
	Number of patients	% of total ()	Number of patients	% of total ()
Accepted for transplant	198	38%	198	54%
Turned down for transplant	184	35%	109	30%
Voluntary quit from transplant evaluation process	123	23%	38	11%
Died	9	2%	8	2%
Still in workup	12	2%	12	3%
Totals	526	100%	365	100%