Table 2.

Characteristics of service delivery in HD-centers

Survey item (number of respondents to the item)	N (%)
Consultation in a clinic for
HD patients only (N = 117)
Yes	50 (42.7)
No	67 (57.3)
Access to specialist HD inpatient beds (N = 110)
Yes	37 (33.6)
No	73 (66.4)
Where are patients seen? (N = 108)
Outpatient clinic	106 (98.2)*
Inpatient ward	32 (29.6)*
Other	8 (7.4)*
Outreach visits in the community (N = 108)
Yes	52 (48.1)
No	56 (51.9)
Where outreach visits takes place (N = 50)
General practice/health center	14 (28.0)*
Specialist practice	9 (18.0)*
Patients’ homes	36 (72.0)*
See patients in other hospitals/care facilities (N = 106)
Yes	51 (48.1)
No	55 (51.9)
Use of videoconferencing/telemedicine (N = 106)
Yes	25 (23.6)
No	81 (76.4)
With whom do you use videoconferencing
or telemedicine? (N = 24)
Patient consultations	11 (45.8)*
Other clinicians	15 (62.5)*
Other	6 (25.0)*
Multidisciplinary case review meetings
for professionals (N = 110)
Yes	60 (54.5)
No	50 (45.5)

*Several response alternatives allowed to the survey item.