Table 2.

Baseline facility characteristics by PDC frequency

Frequency of PDC	High Frequency	Intermediate Frequency	Low Frequency
Facilities (n)	429	186	163
Mean typical PDC duration (min)	7.2±5.3	6.7±4.4	10.1±6.9
Mean patients in a facility (n)	85.5	81.8	75.0
Mean doctors in a facility (n)	5.2	5.8	5.6
Patient/staff ratio for 1 dialysis session	4.5	3.4	3.7
Hospital-based facilities (% yes)	49.7	38.7	42.3

Facility characteristics were reported by each unit nurse manager in the DOPPS unit practice survey. One hundred fifty-two facilities excluded because of missing UPS questionnaire or missing PDC data. Values expressed with a plus/minus sign are the mean ± SD.