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ArticleBMC nephrology2018

Hemodialysis patient characteristics associated with better experience as measured by the In-center Hemodialysis Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (ICH CAHPS) survey.

Taimur Dad, Hocine Tighiouart, Eduardo Lacson, Klemens B Meyer, Daniel E Weiner, Michelle M Richardson

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Article in BMC nephrology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Taimur DadTufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street Box 391, Boston, MA, 02111, USA. tdad@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
Hocine TighiouartTufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street Box 391, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
Eduardo LacsonTufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street Box 391, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
Klemens B MeyerTufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street Box 391, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
Daniel E WeinerTufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street Box 391, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
Michelle M RichardsonTufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street Box 391, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.

Funding

Tufts Clinical and Translational Research InstituteUL1TR001064 · NCATS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SELKER, HARRY P. · 2013 to 2017
$26.4M
Epidemiology, Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research In NephrologyT32DK007777 · NIDDK · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SARNAK, MARK J · 1999 to 2020
$4.1M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001064NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007777
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatient experience in hemodialysis (HD) is measured twice yearly in all in-center HD patients in the United States using the In-Center Hemodialysis Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (ICH CAHPS) survey. Survey scores are publically available and incorporated into the dialysis payment system. Despite its importance, little is known about factors associated with better experience scores. We studied the association between patient-level characteristics and experience scores in a large real-world cohort of HD patients.

methodsThis is a cross-sectional analysis of ICH CAHPS administration in 2012. All in-center HD patients in Dialysis Clinic, Incorporated facilities nationally over 18 years old and receiving HD at their facility for at least 3 months were eligible. Predictors include patient demographic, clinical, and treatment-related characteristics. Outcomes include high global rating scores across three domains (Nephrologist, Dialysis Staff, Dialysis Center) and high composite scores across three domains (Nephrologists' Communication and Caring, Quality of Dialysis Center Care and Operations, and Providing Information to Patients).

resultsAmong 3369 respondents, older age and telephone (vs. mail) administration of the survey were associated with higher global ratings, while shortened HD treatments were associated with lower global ratings. Lower education and telephone administration were associated with higher composite scores, while older age, and shortened HD treatments were associated with lower composite scores.

conclusionsSeveral patient characteristics and mode of survey administration are associated with higher experience scores. Future research should assess HD facility characteristics associated with higher scores and interventions that might improve experience accounting for these associations.

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Patient SatisfactionAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Care SurveysHealth PersonnelHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMaleMiddle AgedRenal DialysisUnited StatesCAHPSDialysisICH CAHPSPatient experience

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PMCPMC6264620

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