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Sample Reports

Samples of each report showing the structure and content of the report are available below. These are samples only and are not the report for any particular facility, state, or region.

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Sample Dialysis Facility Report (File Size 276kb Download File)
This document contains a sample of the Dialysis Facility Reports that are posted on our secure site.

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Sample Supplemental Report (File Size 450kb Download File)
This document contains a sample of the Supplement to the Dialysis Facility Report that is posted on the secure site. Please note that only facilities that treated 5 or more patients under the age of 18 over the 4 year period will have Table S3.

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Sample State Profile (File Size 288kb Download File)
This document contains a sample of the State Profiles that are posted on our secure site.

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Sample Region Profile (File Size 289kb Download File)
This document contains a sample of the Region Profiles that are posted on our secure site.

Methodology

A guide providing detailed descriptions of the contents of each report is available to help readers in the interpretation of the data summaries.

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Guide to the Dialysis Facility Reports (File Size 210kb Download File)
This document provides a detailed description of the contents of the report that will help facilities to interpret the data summaries.

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Guide to the Supplement to the Dialysis Facility Reports (File Size 59kb Download File)
This document provides a detailed description of the contents of the supplemental report that will help facilities to interpret the data summaries.

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Guide to the State Profiles (File Size 116kb Download File)
This document provides a detailed description of the contents of the State Profile that will help readers to interpret the data summaries.

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Guide to the Region Profiles (File Size 116kb Download File)
This document provides a detailed description of the contents of the Region Profile that will help readers to interpret the data summaries.


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Technical Notes on the Standardized Mortality Ratio (File Size 123kb Download File)
This is a document describing the statistical methods used in the reports for calculating the SMR. If you are interested in calculating the SMR by hand, you will also need (this Microsoft Excel workbook).

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Codes (File Size 145kb Download File)
This is a list of ICD-9 codes used to identify hospitalizations in Table 2 and identify comorbid conditions in Table 9 of the DFR. The list is also used to identify influenza vaccination in Table S1 of the Supplemental Report.

 

FOR DIALYSIS FACILITIES AND STATE SURVEVORS

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New in this year's DFR
A Supplemental Report that includes data for pediatric patients, influenza vaccination summaries, supplementary hospitalization measures, and graphical displays of selected DFR measures

Important Dates
7/12/10  2010 DFRs available to facilities and Networks
7/12/10 - 8/18/10 Facility comment period
9/01/10  2010 State and Region Profiles posted

For a more detailed list of dates, click here.

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