. 2002 Summer;23(4):37–50.

Table 1. List of 15 Candidate Measures¹ as Refined by the Consumer Information Workgroup.

Candidate Measure
Facility name and address. Facility telephone number. Name of facility manager. Facility ownership or management type. Is the facility owned or managed by a chain organization? Name and address of chain home office. Facility's Medicare certification date. Does facility offer shifts starting on or after 5 p.m.? Number of dialysis stations. Types of treatment offered. Patient to staff ratio. Percentage of patients awaiting transplant. Percent of the facility's patients who received adequate dialysis. Percent of the facility's patients treated for anemia (low blood count) whose anemia was adequately managed. Actual compared with expected patient survival.

Candidate Measure

Facility name and address.
Facility telephone number.
Name of facility manager.
Facility ownership or management type.
Is the facility owned or managed by a chain organization?
Name and address of chain home office.
Facility's Medicare certification date.
Does facility offer shifts starting on or after 5 p.m.?
Number of dialysis stations.
Types of treatment offered.
Patient to staff ratio.
Percentage of patients awaiting transplant.
Percent of the facility's patients who received adequate dialysis.
Percent of the facility's patients treated for anemia (low blood count) whose anemia was adequately managed.
Actual compared with expected patient survival.

These measures were identified by a Consumer Workgroup lead by PRO-West as recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for inclusion in dialysis facility-specific public reports.

SOURCE: (PRO-West, 1999.)

Table 1. List of 15 Candidate Measures1 as Refined by the Consumer Information Workgroup.

Table 1. List of 15 Candidate Measures¹ as Refined by the Consumer Information Workgroup.