The Data Warehouse contains data about ESRD providers, their patients, and the community in which the provider is located. We have longitudinal data sets on the following categories of ESRD-related statistics and measures (with examples under each category):
ESRD Provider Costs, Revenues, and Service Volume, e.g. –
Medicare Cost to Payment Ratios
FTEs by staff type
ESA costs and units
Dialysis Treatments by modality
Patient Demographics And Characteristics, e.g. –
Age, Race, Insurance Status
Dialysis Modality
Hemoglobin levels
Vascular Access Type
Average Number of Comorbidities
Clinical and Process Outcomes, e.g. –
Mortality, Hospitalization and Transplant Ratios
Dialysis Adequacy (URR and Kt/V)
Transfusions
Vaccinations
Pre-ESRD treatment
Facility Characteristics, e.g. –
Firm/Chain Affiliation
Urban vs Rural location
Profit Status
Size (Stations, Patients)
Industry Segment (Hospital-based, LDO, Independent, etc.)
Population Demographics of Surrounding Community, e.g. –
Racial composition
Income, Poverty Ratio
Minority composition
Age distribution
The Data Warehouse is also spatially-enabled, which means that GIS applications are easily supported via geographic “shapefiles” and spatial coordinates, from the census tract level up to national regions.
Where Do The Data Come From?
The primary data sources collected in the Warehouse at this time are:
Medicare Hospital and Renal Cost Reports 2004-2017
CMS Dialysis Facility Reports: full statistics set for 2006-2018
CMS Dialysis Facility Compare Datasets for 2001-2018
US Census Bureau 2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, by tract, county, etc.
US Census Bureau 2010 Census Demographic Profile 1 Shapefiles (for GIS support)
LDO/MDO facility listings from the company websites, as of the most recent quarter
