Status:
COMPLETED
The Effect of Physician Ownership on Dialysis Outcomes
Lead Sponsor:
University of Southern California
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Pennsylvania
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Conditions:
Renal Dialysis
Financial Disclosure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Many dialysis facilities have financial relationships with nephrologists, including joint venture agreements, where the nephrologist owns a minority share of the dialysis facility. Such agreements cou...
Detailed Description
The investigators will use the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), a registry of all patients on dialysis in the US irrespective of payer. The dataset includes patient characteristics (biologic a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult
- Receiving dialysis for ESRD in the US
- Medicare fee for service as primary payer (and had Medicare FFS for at least 12 months prior to the month
- Received dialysis between 1/1/2017-12/31/2017
- Receiving dialysis in a free-standing facility
- No missing data
Exclusion
- Pediatric (\< 18 years)
- Receiving dialysis in hospital-based facility
- Receiving dialysis in a facility that had \>= 15% pediatric patient months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2017
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
208213 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04764435
Start Date
January 1 2017
End Date
December 31 2017
Last Update
March 16 2021
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