| Northwest Renal Network 2007 Dialysis Facility Report Summary | |||||||||||||
| Clinical Performance Measures | |||||||||||||
| Hematocrit (2006) | US | Network | AK | ID | MT | OR | WA | ||||||
| among ESA-treated patients on ESRD for 90 days or more with 4 or more hct claims | |||||||||||||
| Average Hematocrit | 36% | 36% | 37% | 36% | 35% | 36% | 36% | ||||||
| Percent of Patients with Hct < 30% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 1.2% | ||||||
| Percent of Hemodialysis Patients with Hct 33%+ | 92% | 92% | 96% | 90% | 88% | 92% | 64% | ||||||
| Percent of Peritoneal Dialysis Patients with Hct 33%+ | 81% | 79% | 80% | 76% | 65% | 83% | 78% | ||||||
| URR (2006) | US | Network | AK | ID | MT | OR | WA | ||||||
| among hemodialysis patients on ESRD for 183 days or more with 4 or more URR claims | |||||||||||||
| Percent of Patients with URR 65%+ | 95% | 95% | 96% | 93% | 95% | 95% | 95% | ||||||
| Vascular Access (2006) | US | Network | AK | ID | MT | OR | WA | ||||||
| Percent of Prevalent Patients Using: | |||||||||||||
| AV Fistula | 43% | 60% | 57% | 51% | 55% | 62% | 60% | ||||||
| AV Graft | 28% | 16% | 11% | 23% | 14% | 15% | 16% | ||||||
| Catheter | 28% | 24% | 28% | 26% | 31% | 22% | 23% | ||||||
| Catheter for > 90 Days w/ No Other Access Placed | 12% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 16% | 7% | 7% | ||||||
| Percent of Prevalent Patients with AV Fistula Placed | 52% | 59% | 67% | 61% | 64% | 70% | 71% | ||||||
| Percent of Incident Patients Using: | |||||||||||||
| AV Fistula | 15% | 21% | 8% | 20% | 31% | 19% | 23% | ||||||
| AV Graft | 6% | 4% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 4% | ||||||
| Catheter | 75% | 67% | 41% | 74% | 66% | 67% | 67% | ||||||
| Percent of Incident Patients with AV Fistula Placed | 29% | 37% | 22% | 33% | 42% | 33% | 40% | ||||||
| July 28, 2007 | |||||||||||||