Northwest Renal Network 2006 Dialysis Facility Report Summary
Clinical Performance Measures
Hematocrit (2005) US Network   AK ID MT OR WA
Average Hematocrit 36% 36% 37% 36% 36% 36% 36%
Percent of Patients with Hct < 30% 1.5% 1.2% 3.2% 0.8% 1.1% 1.6% 1.0%
Percent of Hemodialysis Patients with Hct 33%+ 92% 94% 93% 94% 91% 93% 95%
Percent of Peritoneal Dialysis Patients with Hct 33%+ 80% 78% 57% 72% 83% 79% 79%
URR (2005) US Network   AK ID MT OR WA
Percent of Patients with URR 65%+ 92% 94% 94% 88% 94% 94% 95%
Vascular Access (2005) US Network   AK ID MT OR WA
Percent of Prevalent Patients Using:
 AV Fistula  39% 58% 56% 50% 55% 59% 59%
 AV Graft  32% 19% 12% 23% 17% 18% 19%
 Catheter  28% 23% 28% 26% 29% 21% 22%
 Catheter for > 90 Days w/ No Other Access Placed  12% 8% 13% 10% 15% 8% 7%
Percent of Prevalent Patients with AV Fistula Placed 47% 66% 65% 60% 62% 66% 68%
Percent of Incident Patients Using:
 AV Fistula  14% 19% 14% 11% 22% 20% 20%
 AV Graft  7% 4% 2% 3% 2% 4% 4%
 Catheter  73% 67% 46% 79% 74% 62% 69%
Percent of Incident Patients with AV Fistula Placed 26% 34% 29% 23% 31% 34% 36%
3-Mar-07