Table 2.

Crude and adjusted cause-specific hazard ratios between dialysis facility profit status and referral for kidney transplantation during follow-up among patients with incident kidney failure who initiated dialysis in dialysis facilities in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina (nonprofit facilities: n=5059 patients; for-profit facilities: n=28,592)

Referral for Transplant (among All Patients)	No. of Referral Events, n=14,729 (44%)	Unadjusted Model Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval), n=33,651	Adjusted Model a Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval), n=32,908
Nonprofit facility	n=2386 (47%)	Reference	Reference
For-profit facility	n=12,343 (43%)	0.87 (0.78 to 0.97)	0.84 (0.76 to 0.93)

Patients who initiated dialysis between January 1, 2012 and August 31, 2016 who were followed through August 31, 2017 for referral.

^aReferral model was adjusted for the following variables: age, sex, race/ethnicity, primary cause of kidney failure, the presence of certain comorbidities (congestive heart failure, atherosclerotic heart disease, other cardiac disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer), insurance status, facility size, pre-Kidney Allocation System/post-Kidney Allocation System era, and not informed of transplant options due to medical reasons.