Clinical value and economy of DACs. Scale is relative, see the text for actual values; for all values, P≤0.01.
DAC, dialysis access center; HOPD, hospital outpatient department.
From “Clinical and economic value of performing dialysis vascular access procedures in a freestanding office-based center as compared with the hospital outpatient department among Medicare ESRD beneficiaries,” by A. Dobson, A.M. El-Gamil, M.T. Shimer, J.E. DaVanzo, A.Q. Urbanes, G.A. Beathard, T.F. Litchfield, 2013, Semin Dial, 26, p. 624–632. Reprinted with permission (Copyright - 2013. Copy right holder - Seminars in Dialysis).