USRDS

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ADR 1999 - Chapters

Acknowledgements and Table of Contents

Executive Summary

1. The USRDS and Its Products

2. Incidence and Prevalence of ESRD

3. Treatment Modalities for ESRD Patients

4. Patient Characteristics from CMS Medical Evidence Form

5. Patient Mortality and Survival

6. Causes of Death

7. Renal Transplantation: Access and Outcomes

8. Pediatric End-Stage Renal Disease

9. Hospitalization

10. The Economic Cost of ESRD

11. Annual Facility Survey of Providers of ESRD Therapy

12. International Comparisons of ESRD Therapy

13. Analytical Methods

Reference tables

ADR 1999 - Reference Tables

The Table of Contents

Section A. INCIDENCE of Reported ESRD Therapy

Section B. PREVALENCE of Reported ESRD Therapy

Section C. METHODS of Treatment

Section D. MORTALITY and Causes of Death

Section D Supplementary Tables:
MORTALITY and Causes of Death (D.4, D.5, and D.6 for 1991-93)

Section E. Patient SURVIVAL

Section F. The Kidney TRANSPLANT Process

Section G. Transplant OUTCOME

Section H. HOSPITALIZATION

Section I. Institutional PROVIDERS

Section J. CENSUS Population Base

Section K. MEDICARE Payments

Section L. The CMS MEDICAL EVIDENCE (2728) Form

UNITED STATES RENAL DATA SYSTEM