Table 1.
PD facility characteristics in PDOPPS
| Facility characteristics | ANZ | Canada | Japan | Thailand | UK | USA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of facilitiesa | 18 | 20 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 65 |
| Facility size, median (IQR) | 56.0 (47.0–82.0) | 51.5 (40.0–92.5) | 29.0 (22.0–34.5) | 104 (49–215) | 51.0 (38.0–64.0) | 38.0 (25.0–57.0) |
| Facility aggregated patient characteristics | ||||||
| Patient age (years), median (IQR) | 62.5 (61.4–63.6) | 62.7 (60.3–65.4) | 63.8 (61.6–66.3) | 56.0 (54.2–57.9) | 62.4 (60.8–64.4) | 56.4 (55.0–59.8) |
| Patients with diabetes (%), median (IQR) | 38 (33–47) | 43 (40–50) | 31 (23–53) | 46 (41–51) | 31 (23–35) | 56 (55–60) |
| Patients prescribed APD (%), median (IQR) | 65 (52–86) | 74 (54–86) | 35 (18–52) | 0 (0–4) | 60 (50–89) | 88 (76–95) |
| Facility location within a hospital, % | 27 | 69 | 100 | 95 | 93 | 2 |
| Facility affiliated with a university, % | 44 | 37 | 36 | 9 | 53 | 18 |
| PD facility age (years), mean (SD) | 25.8 (8.5) | 26.3 (13.4) | 26.7 (5.1) | 11.5 (8.3) | 30.5 (6.0) | 16.8 (10.1) |
| Physician:patient ratio, median (IQR) | 1:10 (1:22–1:5) | 1:15 (1:22–1:9) | 1:7 (1:11–1:4) | 1:64 (1:100–1:19) | 1:26 (1:48–1:18) | 1:8 (1:15–1:5) |
| Nurse:patient ratio, median (IQR) | 1:12 (1:16–1:10) | 1:15 (1:17–1:11) | 1:6 (1:8–1:3) | 1:39 (1:51–1:19) | 1:8 (1:10–1:6) | 1:14 (1:17–1:9) |
| In-center HD provided on-site, % | 44 | 95 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 71 |
| Routine home HD care provided on-site, % | 88 | 70 | 32 | 5 | 82 | 64 |
| Percentage of nurses who care for PD patients and also provide care for in-center HD patients | ||||||
| None | 56 | 70 | 8 | 23 | 65 | 74 |
| <10% | 19 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 29 | 18 |
| 10–60% | 6 | 15 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 5 |
| >60% | 19 | 5 | 60 | 32 | 0 | 3 |
| Routine multidisciplinary review, % | 44 | 40 | 68 | 46 | 82 | 78 |
| Laboratory program on-site, % | 44 | 45 | 91 | 100 | 81 | 5 |
a
Facilities that completed the medical director survey by 12 July 2017 were included in this analysis.
IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.