Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of RRT in Israel
| Number of dialysis patients | N=6694 |
| 742/pmp | |
| Percent of patients on home dialysis | HHD: 0.03% |
| PD: 7.1% (APD 30%, CAPD 70%) | |
| Are all dialysis sessions covered by insurance, or do some patients have out-of-pocket expenses? | Covered by insurance |
| Are the dialysis units hospital-based or freestanding? | Both |
| Are the dialysis units for-profit or nonprofit? | Hospitals: nonprofit |
| Community: for-profit | |
| What is the reimbursement per dialysis session in $US? | HD: 430 per session |
| PD: 178 per d | |
| Are all of the staff who deliver dialysis nurses or do you also use patient care technicians? | Dialysis nurses only |
| What is the typical patient to RN ratio in the dialysis units? | 4:1 |
| What is the average length of a dialysis session? | 240 min |
| How many times per month are patients seen by a nephrologist during dialysis sessions? | 1 |
| What is the proportion of prevalent HD patients in your country using an AVF, AVG, and CVC? | AVF: 60% |
| AVG: 8% | |
| CVC: 32% | |
| What is the proportion of incident (d 1) HD patients in your country using an AVF, AVG, and CVC? | AVF: 18% |
| AVG: 2% | |
| CVC: 75% | |
| Temp. Catheter: 5% | |
| What is the rate of kidney transplantations? | 43 pmp, 60% living, 40% deceased |
HD, hemodialysis; HHD, home HD; PD, peritoneal dialysis; APD, automated PD; CAPD, chronic ambulatory PD; AVF, arteriovnous fistula; AVG, arteriovenous graft; CVC, central venous catheter.