Socioeconomic Status in Non-directed and Voucher-based Living Kidney Donation.

Background: Little has been reported about the socioeconomic status (SES) and demographics of non-directed (altruistic) and voucher-based donation.

Objective: To analyze common characteristics amongst altruistic donors in order to promote non-directed and voucher-based donation.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Information regarding altruistic donations from 2008 to 2015 and voucher-based donors was obtained from the National Kidney Registry.