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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Evaluation of non-response to the In-Center Hemodialysis Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (ICH CAHPS) survey

 

Total

(n = 9290)

AHRQ usable surveys

(n = 3369, 36%)

Proxy help/ incomplete responses

(n = 549, 6%)

AHRQ non- responses

(n = 5372, 58%)

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

  1. Data shown as mean ± SD or median (25th, 75th percentiles) or n (%). BMI Body mass index, ESRD End-stage renal disease, ADL Activities of daily living