Patient Care Technician Staffing in US Hemodialysis Facilities: An Ecological Study.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Technicians caring for patients receiving dialysis play a critical, frontline role in the care of patients receiving dialysis in the United States. We sought to provide a comprehensive description and identify correlates of US in-center hemodialysis facility patient care technician staffing patterns.

Study design

This was an ecological study.

Setting & participants

US facilities providing hemodialysis and reporting patient care technician staffing, identified using the US Renal Data System.

Exposures

Geography, year, and facility characteristics, including aggregated patient characteristics.

Outcomes

The study outcome was facility-reported patient-to-patient care technician ratio.

Analytical approach

We examined patient-to-pa

SUBMITTER: Plantinga LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900094 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature