Referral for Kidney Transplantation and Indicators of Quality of Dialysis Care: A Cross-sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dialysis facility performance measures to improve access to kidney transplantation are being considered. Referral of patients for kidney transplantation evaluation by the dialysis facility is one potential indicator, but limited data exist to evaluate whether referral is associated with existing dialysis facility quality indicators.

Study design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting & participants

12,926 incident (July 2005 to September 2011) adult (aged 18-69 years) patients treated at 241 dialysis facilities with complete quality indicator information from US national registry data linked to transplantation referral data from all 3 Georgia kidney transplantation centers.

Factors

Facility performance on dialysis quality indicators (high, intermediate, and

SUBMITTER: Plantinga LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5263049 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature