Table 3_1_6-1

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_6.1
Adult hemodialysis patients who received an arteriovenous fistula as primary mode of vascular access, United States, 2002 and 2006
Population group		2006			2002
Population group		Number	Percent	SE^a	Number	Percent	SE^a
Total		8,684	45	0.5	8,398	33	0.5
Age	18–44	1,250	53	1.4	1,333	42	1.4
	45–64	3,468	46	0.8	3,274	35	0.8
	65 and over	3,965	42	0.8	3,791	27	0.7
Gender	Male	4,883	53	0.7	4,558	42	0.7
Gender	Female	3,801	35	0.8	3,840	22	0.7
Race	White only	4,932	48	0.7	4,578	35	0.7
	Black only	3,158	40	0.9	3,031	29	0.8
	Asian only	312	56	2.8	214	34	3.2
	AI/AN only	149	58	4.0	160	40	3.9
	Multiple races	DNA	DNA	DNA	242	37	3.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	7,420	44	0.6	7,167	32	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	3,827	46	0.8	3,660	34	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	3,042	40	0.9	2,961	29	0.8
	Hispanic, all races	1,253	52	1.4	1,136	38	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/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_6-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/3_endstagerenaldisease/T3_1_6-1.html