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The organ available (should) always go to the person "with greatest need" (i.e the person who will die soonest without it) - assuming that the donor 'matches' the recipient. This means that the 'pool' of people needing a organ transplant is first narrowed down to those who have a compatible blood type/tissue type as the donor, and the "most ill" of those people gets the organ. Judging how ill a person is is carried out by statistical analysis of blood results readings (and other readings)- these readings are put into an algebraic formula, which calculates (based on blood results and other readings) approximately how long the person has to live (without a transplant). For example, MELD/PELD scores used to prioritise liver transplant candidates.

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