Table 3_1_5-1

2009 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_5.1
Adult hemodialysis patients who have an arteriovenous fistula as their primary mode of vascular access,^a United States, 2002 and 2007
		2007		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		49.6	0.5	33.4	0.5
Age	18–44	54.8	1.4	42.2	1.4
	45–64	50.8	0.8	35.8	0.8
	65 and over	46.9	0.8	28.2	0.7
Gender	Male	57.4	0.7	42.9	0.7
Gender	Female	39.9	0.8	22.1	0.7
Race	White only	53.2	0.7	36.0	0.7
	Black only	42.4	0.9	28.5	0.8
	Asian only	55.7	2.8	35.1	3.3
	AI/AN only	56.6	4.0	41.3	3.9
	Multiple races	DNA	DNA	38.0	3.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	49.0	0.6	32.5	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	53.1	0.8	35.1	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	42.3	0.9	28.5	0.8
	Hispanic, all races	53.0	1.4	38.9	1.4

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

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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 March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 3_1_5-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/3_endstagerenaldisease/T3_1_5-1.html