Variation in Fistula Use across Dialysis Facilities | Zendy

Navdeep Tangri | Zendy; Ranjani N. Moorthi | Zendy; Hocine Tighiouhart | Zendy; Klemens B. Meyer | Zendy; Dana C. Miskulin | Zendy

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Variation in Fistula Use across Dialysis Facilities

Author(s) -

Navdeep Tangri,

Ranjani N. Moorthi,

Hocine Tighiouhart,

Klemens B. Meyer,

Dana C. Miskulin

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.04430709

Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , variation (astronomy) , intensive care medicine , general surgery , emergency medicine , astrophysics , physics

Arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) remain the preferred vascular access for hemodialysis patients. Dialysis facilities that fail to meet Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services goals cite patient case-mix as a reason for low AVF prevalence. This study aimed to determine the magnitude of the variability in AVF usage across dialysis facilities and the extent to which patient case-mix explains it.

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