Transplant Program Evaluation Worksheet

Transplant Program Evaluation Worksheet

Key Outcome Indicators

Transplant Type: Intestine

Tips and ideas about choosing a transplant program.

Choosing a transplant center, or more specifically a transplant program, is perhaps one of the most important decisions you may ever make. Our suggestion is to review key transplant outcome indicators and ask a lot of questions! INTERLINK’s Quality Assurance Program has recommended standards our participating centers must meet to be a credentialed center, and we have provided some of those standards to aide in your evaluation. This Key Outcomes Indicator Worksheet compares and contrasts the surgical histories and outcomes of transplant programs you are likely considering. As is common with most skilled professions and trades, experience is an important consideration.

Some of the information provided was gathered from Facility Fact Sheets that are also included in your Candidate Education Booklet. If you would like to review information for centers not quality monitored by INTERLINK, follow the links below and/or contact the transplant center’s transplant coordinator for their outcome information.

Information Description / INTERLINK Recommended Standard (IRS) / Intestine Transplant Program A / Intestine Transplant Program B / Intestine
Transplant Program C
Information About The Transplant Program / Transplant team and program together for a minimum of two years.
Year Established
Total # Intestine Transplants /
type=center
Year Medicare Certified /
Transplant Volumes /
type=center
# Intestine TX 2010 / IRS = 10 / year
# Intestine TX 2011 / IRS = 10 / year
# Intestine TX 2012 / IRS = 10 / year
Information Description / INTERLINK Recommended Standard (IRS) / Intestine Transplant Program A / Intestine Transplant Program B / Intestine
Transplant Program C
Median Time To Transplant / National Average: 174 days
Days /
Type O
Type A
Type B
TypeAB
Survival Outcomes /
Patient Survival 1 month
Patient Survival 1 year
Patient Survival 3 year
Graft Survival 1 month
Graft Survival 1 year
Graft Survival 3 year
UNOS Risk Adjustment / IRS = Survival Statistically Higher (SH) or Not Statistically Different (NSD)
Patient Survival 1 month
Patient Survival 1 year
Patient Survival 3 year
Graft Survival 1 month
Graft Survival 1 year
Graft Survival 3 year
Information Description / INTERLINK Recommended Standard (IRS) / Intestine Transplant Program A / Intestine Transplant Program B / Intestine
Transplant Program C
Specialty Services
Bowel Rehabilitation Program
Liver TX Program
Multi-organ TX programs
Kidney Dialysis