T3_1_6_2a

2011 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
End stage renal disease patients age 18 and over who saw a nephrologist at least 12 months prior to initiation of renal replacement therapy,^a by race, United States, 2008
		Total		White		Black		Asian		AI/AN
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		28.3	0.2	30.0	0.2	24.5	0.3	26.3	0.7	27.8	1.4
Age	18-44	23.8	0.4	26.3	0.5	20.6	0.6	22.6	1.7	25.7	3.2
	45-64	27.2	0.2	29.3	0.3	23.4	0.4	26.2	1.1	26.0	1.9
	65 and over	30.3	0.2	31.1	0.3	27.9	0.5	27.5	1.0	31.7	2.5
Gender	Male	28.1	0.2	30.0	0.2	23.1	0.4	26.8	0.9	27.6	2.0
Gender	Female	28.5	0.2	30.0	0.3	26.0	0.4	25.6	1.0	27.9	2.0

^a. Denominator includes all incident end stage renal disease patients age 18 and over with valid CMS-2728 Medical Evidence form and a nonmissing value for the question: Did you see a nephrologist at all? Numerator includes those who saw a nephrologist at least 12 months prior to initiation of renal replacement therapy.

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

Source: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, U.S. Renal Data System.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T3_1_6_2a: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/3_chronickidneydisease/T3_1_6_2a.html