Table 2.

Annual hospitalization rates by UNOS region among patients with continuous Medicare coverage waitlisted for kidney transplant in the United States, 2005–2013. (SD=standard deviation. IQR=interquartile range)

Variable	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)
Overall	1.19 (2.71)	0.4 (0–1.4)
UNOS Region
1	1.53 (3.63)	0.5 (0–1.9)
2	1.28 (2.34)	0.4 (0–1.6)
3	1.15 (2.67)	0.4 (0–1.3)
4	1.17 (2.58)	0.4 (0–1.4)
5	1.10 (2.36)	0.3 (0–1.2)
6	0.81 (2.87)	0.0 (0–0.9)
7	1.33 (2.80)	0.4 (0–1.6)
8	1.16 (2.55)	0.3 (0–1.3)
9	1.29 (2.40)	0.5 (0–1.6)
10	1.29 (3.13)	0.3 (0–1.5)
11	1.11 (3.18)	0.3 (0–1.3)