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waiting time
The amount of time a candidate is on the Wait List. Waiting times can be influenced by many factors, including:
- blood type (some are rarer than others)
- tissue type
- height and weight of transplant candidate
- size of donated organ
- medical urgency
- time on the waiting list
- the distance between the donor's hospital and the potential donor organ
- how many donors there are in the local area over a period of time and
- the transplant center's criteria for accepting organ offers
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Health care
- Category: Organ transplantation
- Government Agency: U.S. HRSA
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- Mia Thomas
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(Seattle - WA, United States)