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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2004

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Racial and Ethnic Differences

Table 2.3a. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Effectiveness of Care: End Stage Renal Disease

Measure	Racial Differenceⁱ					Ethnic Differenceⁱⁱ
Measure	Black	Asian	NHOPI	AI/AN	>1 Race	Hispanic
Management of End Stage Renal Diseaseⁱⁱⁱ
Hemodialysis patients with urea reduction ratio 65% or higher	↓	↑		=	=	=
Hemodialysis patients with hemoglobin 11 or higher	=	=		=	=	↑
Hemodialysis patients with arteriovenous fistula as primary mode of vascular access	↓	=		=	=	↑
Renal Transplantation
Dialysis patients registered on the waiting list for transplantation	↓	↑^iv		↓		↓
Persons receiving a kidney transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure	↓	↓^iv		↓		↓

ⁱCompared with whites.
ⁱⁱCompared with non-Hispanic whites.
ⁱⁱⁱSource: CMS End Stage Renal Disease Clinical Performance Measures Project, 2002.
^ivU.S. Renal Data System, 2001. This source did not collect information on Asians and NHOPIs separately but in aggregate as Asian or Pacific Islander. This source did not collect information for >1 race.
Key: NHOPI=Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN=American Indian or Alaska Native

Key to Symbols Used in Quality of Health Care Tables:
=: Group and comparison group receive about same quality of health care or have similar outcomes.
↑Group receives better quality of health care than the comparison group or has better outcomes.
↓Group receives poorer quality of health care than the comparison group or has worse outcomes.
Blank cell: Reliable estimate for group could not be made.

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