Motorcycle Rallies Increase Organ Donations

US Motorcycle Rallies Increase Organ Donations

MyHealthGuide Source: David C. Cron, MD, MS; Christopher M. Worsham, MD; Joel T. Adler, MD, MPH; et al, 11/28/2022, JAMA Network

In this cross-sectional study of 10,798 organ donors and 35 329 recipients of these organs from a national transplant registry from 2005 to 2021, there were 21% more organ donors and 26% more transplant recipients per day during motorcycle rallies in regions near those rallies compared with the 4 weeks before and after the rallies.

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Hospital Advertises Moral Hazard Strategy To Maximize Revenue

In economics, a moral hazard is a situation where an economic actor has an incentive to increase its exposure to risk because it does not bear the full costs of that risk. Anytime a party in an agreement does not have to suffer the potential consequences of a risk, the likelihood of a moral hazard increases.”

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