Table 2.

Center characteristics of the study population

Center Characteristic (n=61)	Descriptive Statistics
Center size: average number of incident patients on HD per year	31 (19–50)
Centers with transplantation facility	25 (41)
Home hemodialysis, % of patients per center	10 (5–16)
Peritoneal dialysis: average number of incident patients on PD per year	8.4 (4.1–16.3)
Weekly number of HD hours	14.1 (13.4–14.7)
Blood flow rate ≥300 ml/min, % of patients per center	83 (65–89)
Phosphate target (0.8–1.6 mmol/L), % of patients per center	47 (43–52)
Hemoglobin target (100–115 g/L), % of patients per center	38 (35–41)
Weekly Kt/V target (≥1.4), % of patients per center	99 (87–100)

Values for categoric variables are given as number (%); values for continuous variables are given as median (interquartile range). HD, hemodialysis; PD, peritoneal dialysis.