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Table 2 Positive attitude towards models of financial and non-financial incentives for DOD

From: Impact of gender and professional education on attitudes towards financial incentives for organ donation: results of a survey among 755 students of medicine and economics in Germany

In %

Total

Men

Women

Sig.

Medicine

Economics

Sig.

Recipient’s health insurance makes a donation

18.8

21.6

15.8

n.s.

16.0

23.5

p = 0.015

The insurer helps the deceased donor’s family by covering funeral expenses

37.8

44.0

31.6

p = 0.003

37.8

37.7

n.s.

The insurer pays the bereaved as a token of appreciation

14.5

17.4

10.7

p = 0.02

9.8

22.3

p = 0.000

Those who fill in a donor card get tax benefits

11.7

14.5

9.1

n.s.

11.7

11.9

n.s.

Donor card holders receive one-off payment

7.8

10.4

4.9

p = 0.014

5.9

11.1

p = 0.013

Donor card holders get bonus points on organ waiting list

46.5

50.4

42.9

p = 0.043

41.1

55.5

p = 0.000

  1. Options to answer were yes/no/don’t know, here only positive answers are shown.