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,000 a year in expensive antirejection drugs (212). It is estimated that a transplant can provide a savings of about $25,000 per year for a patient over dialysis (Rothfeder 94).

In the case of heart patients, at any one time there are about 1,200 people waiting for transplants. Of these, thirty percent have been waiting for more than six months. Since a transplant is the final option left for those suffering from heart disease, these patients are on "death row" (Rothfeder "Heart Tra

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