Total (n = 9290) | AHRQ usable surveys (n = 3369, 36%) | Proxy help/ incomplete responses (n = 549, 6%) | AHRQ non- responses (n = 5372, 58%) | |
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Age | 61.1 ± 14.8 | 62.1 ± 13.9 | 68.0 ± 13.1 | 59.8 ± 15.3 |
Female Sex | 4068 (43.8%) | 1547 (45.9%) | 215 (39.2%) | 2306 (42.9%) |
Race | ||||
Black | 4126 (44.4%) | 1294 (38.4%) | 188 (34.2%) | 2644 (49.2%) |
White | 4486 (48.3%) | 1917 (56.9%) | 340 (61.9%) | 2229 (41.5%) |
Other | 678 (7.3%) | 158 (4.7%) | 21 (3.8%) | 499 (9.3%) |
Hispanic | 637 (6.9%) | 176 (5.2%) | 39 (7.1%) | 422 (7.9%) |
Cause of ESRD | ||||
Diabetes | 4015 (43.2%) | 1357 (40.3%) | 286 (52.1%) | 2372 (44.2%) |
Hypertension | 2630 (28.3%) | 960 (28.5%) | 149 (27.1%) | 1521 (28.3%) |
Other | 2645 (28.5%) | 1052 (31.2%) | 114 (20.8%) | 1479 (27.5%) |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 3555 (38.3%) | 1465 (43.5%) | 295 (53.7%) | 1795 (33.4%) |
Divorced/Separated | 1947 (21.0%) | 694 (20.6%) | 76 (13.8%) | 1177 (21.9%) |
Widowed | 1476 (15.9%) | 476 (14.1%) | 104 (18.9%) | 896 (16.7%) |
Single | 2312 (24.9%) | 734 (21.8%) | 74 (13.5%) | 1504 (28.0%) |
Education Level | ||||
Grade School | 1221 (13.1%) | 271 (8.0%) | 127 (23.1%) | 823 (15.3%) |
High School | 5679 (61.1%) | 2082 (61.8%) | 354 (64.5%) | 3243 (60.4%) |
College/Post Graduate | 2390 (25.7%) | 1016 (30.2%) | 68 (12.4%) | 1306 (24.3%) |
English speaker | 8992 (96.8%) | 3326 (98.7%) | 528 (96.2%) | 5138 (95.6%) |
Nursing home resident | 682 (7.3%) | 92 (2.7%) | 40 (7.3%) | 550 (10.2%) |
Insurance | ||||
Medicare/Medicaid | 3303 (35.6%) | 959 (28.5%) | 179 (32.6%) | 2165 (40.3%) |
Medicare only | 3646 (39.3%) | 1533 (45.5%) | 233 (42.4%) | 1880 (35.0%) |
Medicaid only | 533 (5.7%) | 153 (4.5%) | 22 (4.0%) | 358 (6.7%) |
Other | 1808 (19.5%) | 724 (21.5%) | 115 (21.0%) | 969 (18.0%) |
Active on transplant waitlist | 1048 (11.3%) | 456 (13.5%) | 37 (6.7%) | 555 (10.3%) |
Vascular access | ||||
Fistula | 5765 (62.1%) | 2198 (65.2%) | 349 (63.6%) | 3218 (59.9%) |
Graft | 1974 (21.3%) | 703 (20.9%) | 127 (23.1%) | 1144 (21.3%) |
Catheter | 1551 (16.7%) | 468 (13.9%) | 73 (13.3%) | 1010 (18.8%) |
Albumin (g/dL) | 3.8 ± 0.4 | 3.9 ± 0.4 | 3.8 ± 0.4 | 3.8 ± 0.4 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 11.1 ± 1.2 | 11.2 ± 1.1 | 11.2 ± 1.0 | 11.1 ± 1.2 |
Kt/V | 1.62 ± 0.28 | 1.63 ± 0.27 | 1.65 ± 0.28 | 1.61 ± 0.29 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 28.4 ± 7.6 | 29.2 ± 7.6 | 28.0 ± 7.0 | 28.0 ± 7.5 |
Unexcused absences | 1638 (17.6%) | 476 (14.1%) | 52 (9.5%) | 1110 (20.7%) |
Treatments shortened | 4632 (49.9%) | 1481 (44.0%) | 204 (37.2%) | 2947 (54.9%) |
Hospitalizations | 1303 (14.0%) | 336 (10.0%) | 59 (10.8%) | 908 (16.9%) |
ESRD vintage (months) | 40.4 (19.5, 76.4) | 37.6 (18.2, 72.1) | 39.5 (18.6, 76.8) | 42.5 (20.8, 78.5) |
ESRD vintage > 12 months before current facility | 2057 (22.1%) | 711 (21.1%) | 103 (18.8%) | 1243 (23.1%) |
Ability to ambulate | 7105 (76.5%) | 2858 (84.8%) | 359 (65.4%) | 3888 (72.4%) |
Ability to transfer | 7820 (84.2%) | 3047 (90.4%) | 415 (75.6%) | 4358 (81.1%) |
Falls | 894 (9.6%) | 312 (9.3%) | 75 (13.7%) | 507 (9.4%) |
ADL score | 5.7 ± 2.6 | 6.5 ± 2.1 | 4.4 ± 2.6 | 5.4 ± 2.8 |