Characteristics and performance of minority-serving dialysis facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the structure, processes, and outcomes of American dialysis facilities that predominantly treat racial-ethnic minority patients.

Data sources/study setting

Secondary analysis of data from all patients who initiated dialysis during 2005-2008 in the United States.

Study design

In this retrospective cohort study, we examined the associations of the racial-ethnic composition of the dialysis facility with facility-level survival and achievement of performance targets for anemia and dialysis adequacy.

Data collection/extraction methods

We obtained dialysis facility- and patient-level data from the national data registry of patients with end-stage renal disease. We linked these data with clinical performance measures from the Centers for Medicare

SUBMITTER: Hall YN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4024357 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature