Table 3_1_6-2a

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 3_1_6.2a
Adult hemodialysis patients who received an arteriovenous fistula as primary mode of vascular access, by race, United States, 2006
Population group		Total		White		Black		Asian		AI/AN
Population group		Percent	SE^a	Percent	SE^a	Percent	SE^a	Percent	SE^a	Percent	SE^a
Total		45	0.5	48	0.7	40	0.9	56	2.8	58	4.0
Age	18–44	53	1.4	57	2.1	48	2.0	62	7.4	78	8.6
	45–64	46	0.8	49	1.2	41	1.3	65	4.7	53	5.9
	65 and over	42	0.8	45	1.0	33	1.5	50	3.9	58	6.7
Gender	Male	53	0.7	56	0.9	48	1.2	61	3.8	68	5.8
Gender	Female	35	0.8	36	1.1	31	1.2	52	4.1	52	5.4

^a Standard error was calculated based on sample size, assuming random sample design.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, End-Stage Renal Disease Clinical Performance Measures Project.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 3_1_6-2a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/3_endstagerenaldisease/T3_1_6-2a.html