[PDF][PDF] Introduction to the excerpts from the United States renal data system 1999 annual data report

RA Wolfe, FK Port, RL Webb… - American Journal of …, 1999 - academia.edu
RA Wolfe, FK Port, RL Webb, WE Bloembergen, R Hirth, EW Young, AO Ojo
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The complete USRDS 1999 ADR is a 906-page document that includes more than 566
pages of reference tables. It reports data for treated ESRD patients covered under the
Medicare program and for facilities providing treatment for all ESRD patients, both Medicare
and non-Medicare patients. These tables include extensive detail on subgroups of the
ESRD population for many of the topics described previously. Rates of incidence,
prevalence, and survival are presented in these reference tables with and without use of …
The complete USRDS 1999 ADR is a 906-page document that includes more than 566 pages of reference tables. It reports data for treated ESRD patients covered under the Medicare program and for facilities providing treatment for all ESRD patients, both Medicare and non-Medicare patients. These tables include extensive detail on subgroups of the ESRD population for many of the topics described previously. Rates of incidence, prevalence, and survival are presented in these reference tables with and without use of various adjustment techniques. These detailed analyses cover approximately 92% of all treated ESRD patients in the United States, the remainder being not covered by Medicare insurance. Data on all patients (Medicare and non-Medicare) treated in the United States are derived from USRDS Special Studies and from the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) Annual ESRD Facility Survey (see prevalence section). Those seeking data not presented in the text section of this report are encouraged to examine the contents of these reference tables, all of which are available at no charge through the WWW on the Internet (see above). Complete versions of this report, which include the reference tables, are circulated widely to dialysis and transplant units and ESRD Net-
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