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Table 2 Postoperative respondent outcomes compared with historic rates (calendar year 2023), n (%)

	Book-receiving (current) cohort	Historical cohort	P value
Liver donors	n = 6	n = 23
30-day readmission	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1.000
Unplanned clinic visits	1 (16.7)
30-day ED encounters	0 (0.0)	2 (8.7)	1.000
Call to transplant coordinators	3 (50.0)
Kidney donors	n = 19	n = 93
30-day readmission	0 (0.0)	1 (1.1)	1.000
Unplanned clinic visits	0 (0.0)
30-day ED encounters	1 (5.3)	16 (17.2)	0.069
Call to transplant coordinators	1 (5.3)
Liver recipients	n = 241	n = 141
30-day readmission	7 (29.2)	62 (44.0)	0.189
Unplanned clinic visits	12 (50.0)
30-day ED encounters	4 (16.7)	34 (24.1)	0.601
Call to transplant coordinators	7 (29.2)
Kidney recipients	n = 261	n = 299
30-day readmission	3 (11.5)	60 (20.1)	0.438
Unplanned clinic visits	12 (46.2)
30-day ED encounters	3 (11.5)	58 (19.4)	0.437
Call to transplant coordinators	15 (57.7)
All donors	n = 25	n = 116
30-day readmission	0 (0.0)	1 (0.01)	1.000
Unplanned clinic visits	1 (4.0)
30-day ED encounters	1 (4.0)	18 (15.5)	0.197
Call to transplant coordinators	4 (16.0)
All recipients	n = 49	n = 440
30-day readmission	9 (18.4)	122 (27.7)	0.177
Unplanned clinic visits	23 (46.9)
30-day ED encounters	7 (14.3)	92 (20.9)	0.350
Call to transplant coordinators	21 (42.9)
Full cohort	n = 74	n = 556
30-day readmission	9 (12.2)	123 (22.1)	0.049
Unplanned clinic visits	24 (32.4)
30-day ED encounters	8 (10.8)	110 (19.8)	0.080
Call to transplant coordinators	25 (33.8)

¹Single simultaneous liver and kidney case included in each of these.

ED: Emergency department.