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Table 3 Positive attitudes towards financial and non-financial incentives for LOD

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.

Get tax benefits

12.6

18.2

7.9

p = 0.000

12.0

13.4

n.s

Financial compensation for loss of earnings

71.3

73.3

69.6

n.s.

69.1

75.0

n.s.

Free accident insurance

22.4

28.0

16.9

p = 0.000

20.6

25.4

n.s.

Free pension and accident insurance

13.8

16.1

11.0

p = 0.016

13.8

13.7

n.s.

Be allowed to sell their organ for money

6.5

9.6

3.7

p = 0.005

5.0

9.1

p = 0.034

Get a reduction in health care insurance fees

44.5

46.5

42.7

n.s

41.6

49.4

n.s

Get private health insurance

12.4

13.4

11.6

n.s

12.1

13.0

n.s.

Receive subsidized or free follow-up treatment

73.1

69.4

76.7

n.s

70.3

77.6

n.s.

Receive free life insurance from the state

8.9

11.2

6.8

n.s.

7.5

11.2

n.s.

Bonus points for receiving an organ in case of an own illness

54.1

54.9

54.0

n.s

49.7

61.9

p = 0.004

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