Table 2.

Meeting guideline goals at initiation by duration of nephrology follow-up

	Duration of Nephrology Follow-up
	None	0 to 12 Months	>12 Months	Unknown/Missing
Total (n)	61,542	66,616	41,747	22,402
Guideline goals met at initiation (%)
0	44,861 (73)	35,609 (54)	17,939 (43)	15,196 (68)
1	14,831 (24)	22,571 (34)	15,442 (37)	6105 (27)
2	1730 (2.8)	7153 (11)	6759 (16)	999 (4.5)
3	120 (0.2)	1283 (1.9)	1607 (3.9)	102 (0.5)
Hemoglobin ≥ 11 g/dl	12,395 (20)	18,950 (29)	13,510 (32)	5194 (23)
Albumin at goal	3650 (5.9)	6838 (10)	5723 (14)	1451 (6.5)
Arteriovenous fistula or graft used at initiation	2606 (4.2)	14,938 (22)	14,548 (35)	1764 (7.9)
Arteriovenous fistula or graft maturing at initiation	9579 (16)	15,728 (24)	9834 (24)	2957 (13)
Dietitian care before dialysis	174 (0.3)	10,579 (16)	7437 (18)	50 (0.2)

All P values for Chi-square test are < 0.0001.