| Northwest Renal Network 2009 Dialysis Facility Report Summary | |||||||||||||
| Clinical Performance Measures | |||||||||||||
| Hemoglobin (2008) | US | Network | AK | ID | MT | OR | WA | ||||||
| among ESA-treated patients on ESRD for 90 days or more with 4 or more hgb claims | |||||||||||||
| Average Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 | ||||||
| Percent of Patients with hgb < 10 g/dL | 2.3% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.4% | ||||||
| Percent of Hemodialysis Patients with hgb 10-12 g/dL | 71% | 74% | 72% | 70% | 83% | 74% | 74% | ||||||
| Percent of Peritoneal Dialysis Patients with hgb >12 | 26% | 24% | 26% | 29% | 15% | 23% | 24% | ||||||
| URR (2008) | |||||||||||||
| among hemodialysis patients on ESRD for 183 days or more with 4 or more URR claims | |||||||||||||
| Percent of Patients with URR 65%+ | 96% | 96% | 97% | 97% | 92% | 96% | 97% | ||||||
| Vascular Access (2008) | |||||||||||||
| Percent of Prevalent Patients Using: | |||||||||||||
| AV Fistula | 50% | 63% | 60% | 53% | 57% | 64% | 65% | ||||||
| AV Graft | 23% | 13% | 9% | 20% | 10% | 13% | 13% | ||||||
| Catheter | 27% | 24% | 28% | 27% | 33% | 23% | 22% | ||||||
| Catheter for > 90 Days, No Other Access | 12% | 9% | 12% | 9% | 19% | 8% | 8% | ||||||
| Percent of Prevalent Patients with AV Fistula Placed | 58% | 72% | 70% | 62% | 64% | 72% | 73% | ||||||
| Percent of Incident Patients Using: | |||||||||||||
| AV Fistula | 16% | 22% | 14% | 8% | 20% | 23% | 25% | ||||||
| AV Graft | 7% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | ||||||
| Catheter | 75% | 72% | 55% | 87% | 77% | 70% | 70% | ||||||
| Percent of Incident Patients with AV Fistula Placed | 31% | 37% | 29% | 24% | 32% | 40% | 40% | ||||||
| September 23, 2009 | |||||||||||||