Table 3.

Crude and adjusted cause-specific hazard ratios between dialysis facility profit status and evaluation for kidney transplantation during follow-up among referred 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)

Evaluation for Transplant (among Those Referred)	No. of Evaluation Events, n=7815 (53%)	Unadjusted Model Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval), n=14,759	Adjusted Model a Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval), n=14,370
Nonprofit facility	n=1307 (55%)	Reference	Reference
For-profit facility	n=6508 (53%)	0.95 (0.85 to 1.06)	0.92 (0.83 to 1.03)

Referred patients who initiated dialysis between January 1, 2012 and August 31, 2016 who were followed for evaluation outcome through March 1, 2018.

^aEvaluation model was adjusted for the same variables as the referral model with the exception of a differing list of comorbidities (body mass index ≥35 kg/m², congestive heart failure, atherosclerotic heart disease, other cardiac disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smoking, and cancer) and removal of facility size.