Table 4.

Hazard ratios for mortality by dialysis facility type based on random effect models.^~

	Unadjusted model			Adjusted model*
Facility	HR	Lower CI	Upper CI	HR	Lower CI	Upper CI
Chain 1	1.10	1.00	1.22	1.19	1.06	1.34
Chain 2	1.21	1.09	1.34	1.24	1.10	1.40
Chain 3	1.07	0.96	1.18	1.14	1.00	1.29
Chain 4	1.09	0.98	1.22	1.13	1.00	1.29
Chain 5	Ref			Ref
FP nonchain	1.21	1.09	1.34	1.24	1.10	1.39
NP nonchain	1.04	0.92	1.18	1.06	0.92	1.22

Note: FP=For-profit; NP=Nonprofit; HR=hazard ratio; CI=95% confidence interval.

^~All models are based on SAS GLIMMIX procedure to account for within facility correlations.

^*Adjusted for patient and facility characteristics listed in Table 2 and 3.