Products: Data Requests, Researcher's Guide, Standard Analysis Files, Custom Data Files

For ESRD Researchers and for the General Renal Community.

Printed ADR

Annual Data Reports and Annual Data Report CD
To order the ADR printed version ($10.00) or CD ($5.00), contact:

NIDDK Clearinghouses Publications Catalog
5 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892–3568
Phone: 1–800–860–8747
TTY: 1–866–569–1162
Fax: 703–738–4929
Email: catalog@niddk.nih.gov
Website: http://catalog.niddk.nih.gov/PubType.cfm?Type=184&CH=NKUDIC

Other available products.

The products below are provided without charge, except as mentioned in the product descriptions.

To request any of the products below, contact the USRDS Coordinating Center at 1-888-99USRDS or by e-mail at usrds@usrds.org, or see the contacts. Products are provided without charge except as mentioned in the descriptions below.

"2-Hour" Data Requests

The USRDS CC staff responded to more than 700+ requests for data and for general information about the USRDS in 2002. Limited resources are available for simple computer tabulations.

Standard Analysis Files

These data files provide patient-specific data from the USRDS database to support ESRD research, at an affordable price. User must sign a data release agreement with NIH. More information is provided in this chapter and in the Researcher's Guide. Click here for prices.

CPM DATA

CPM is a project developed to collect information on the quality of care provided to the ESRD dialysis patient. The data originates from surveys completed by the patients' primary care facilities, which have been collected on a yearly basis, resulting in a rich source of detailed information useful in the analysis of health care delivery to the dialysis patient. More information>>.

5% Medicare Sample Standard Analysis Files

DISEASE-BASED COHORT (5% DM/CKD/CHF COHORT FINDER FILES)
With the growing concern of various chronic diseases affecting the ESRD patients, the USRDS has constructed a set of disease-based finder files for researchers to gain better understanding of causes and effects of these illnesses; as well as their associations to the morbidity and mortality in patients with ESRD. Click here for prices.

Custom Data Files

For research needs not met by the Standard Analysis Files. Researcher pays costs of production and must sign a data release agreement.

Researcher's Guide to the USRDS Database

This Guide is the basic reference for researchers who use USRDS data files. It provides a detailed description of the USRDS database and of the USRDS Standard Analysis Files.

Papers, abstracts, and publications

Most USRDS research studies result in published papers or presentations at professional meetings.