Dialysis Practices That Distinguish Facilities with Below- versus Above-Expected Mortality | Zendy

Brennan Spiegel | Zendy; Roger Bolus | Zendy; Amar A. Desai | Zendy; Philip Zagar | Zendy; Tom Parker | Zendy; John A. Moran | Zendy; Matthew D. Solomon | Zendy; Osman Khawar | Zendy; Matthew Gitlin | Zendy; Jennifer Talley | Zendy; Allen R. Nissenson | Zendy

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Dialysis Practices That Distinguish Facilities with Below- versus Above-Expected Mortality

Author(s) -

Brennan Spiegel,

Roger Bolus,

Amar A. Desai,

Philip Zagar,

Tom Parker,

John A. Moran,

Matthew D. Solomon,

Osman Khawar,

Matthew Gitlin,

Jennifer Talley,

Allen R. Nissenson

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01620210

Subject(s) - medicine , likert scale , dialysis , cross sectional study , health facility , family medicine , emergency medicine , environmental health , health services , population , psychology , developmental psychology , pathology

Mortality rates vary widely among dialysis facilities even after adjustment with standardized mortality ratios (SMRs). This variation may occur because top-performing facilities use practices not shared by others, because the SMR fails to capture key patient characteristics, or both. Practices were identified that distinguish top- from bottom-performing facilities by SMR.

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