Incentive (Mis)alignment in India’s Deceased Organ Donation Value Chain |
Deceased organ donation in India remains critically low at less than one donor per million population. Incentive mismatch is a key barrier stifling the programme. Donor hospitals lack motivation to participate due to unrewarded efforts and costs and donor families gain no tangible benefit, facing emotional and logistical burdens without an incentive. With half a million annual deaths from organ scarcity,........