The primary mission of the SRTR is to support the transplant community, especially transplant professionals and policymakers, with analyses to aid in the development of organ allocation and other policies. More generally, the SRTR seeks to advance medical care through ongoing national-level data analyses that provide crucial information about treatments and outcomes. This research is disseminated through reports to policymaking committees, and through publications in the medical literature and presentations at scientific meetings. The SRTR also performs analyses specific to each transplant program and organ procurement organization (OPO) in the United States.

SRTR resources for professionals and policymakers in the transplant community:

• Transplant Program-Specific Reports and OPO-Specific Reports provide detailed information about all phases of the transplant process, from organ procurement and donation through posttransplant outcomes, at a program-specific level. These reports can help transplant centers identify trends in performance. Program-specific statistics also allow policymakers to identify problems and provide methodological assistance in defining rules and standards.
• Annual Reports provide extensive annual statistics related to transplant issues and outcomes at a national level. These reports include detailed tables describing comprehensive transplant data reflecting recent activity and 10-year trends, and they describe analyses of outcome predictors.
• Annual Report chapters, are prepared by transplant experts from across the country. They focus on current issues regarding specific organs, and on issues important for transplantation in general, such as immunosuppression, transplant tourism, and performance measures.
• The role of the SRTR in the transplant community begins with supporting policy committees administered by the OPTN.