| Northwest Renal Network 2010 Dialysis Facility Report Summary | |||||||||||||
| Clinical Performance Measures | |||||||||||||
| Hemoglobin (2009) | 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) | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.5 | ||||||
| Percent of Patients with hgb < 10 g/dL | 2.8% | 2.9% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 3.3% | ||||||
| Percent of Hemodialysis Patients with hgb 10-12 g/dL | 81% | 80% | 86% | 80% | 83% | 83% | 79% | ||||||
| Percent of Peritoneal Dialysis Patients with hgb >12 | 16% | 17% | 12% | 17% | 15% | 14% | 18% | ||||||
| URR (2009) | |||||||||||||
| among hemodialysis patients on ESRD for 183 days or more with 4 or more URR claims | |||||||||||||
| Percent of Patients with URR 65%+ | 96% | 97% | 98% | 97% | 92% | 97% | 97% | ||||||
| Vascular Access (2009) | |||||||||||||
| Percent of Prevalent Patients Using: | |||||||||||||
| AV Fistula | 53% | 64% | 65% | 54% | 58% | 66% | 65% | ||||||
| AV Graft | 21% | 13% | 10% | 19% | 9% | 13% | 12% | ||||||
| Catheter | 25% | 23% | 24% | 26% | 33% | 21% | 22% | ||||||
| Catheter for > 90 Days, No Other Access | 10% | 8% | 11% | 8% | 17% | 7% | 8% | ||||||
| Percent of Prevalent Patients with AV Fistula Placed | 61% | 72% | 74% | 64% | 67% | 73% | 74% | ||||||
| Percent of Incident Patients Using: | |||||||||||||
| AV Fistula | 16% | 23% | 28% | 20% | 24% | 23% | 24% | ||||||
| AV Graft | 8% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 2% | ||||||
| Catheter | 76% | 73% | 71% | 76% | 73% | 72% | 74% | ||||||
| Percent of Incident Patients with AV Fistula Placed | 32% | 29% | 48% | 32% | 38% | 40% | 38% | ||||||
| August 20, 2010 | |||||||||||||