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