The 2002 Researcher's Guide to the USRDS Database is currently available.  The downloadable PDF files containing the chapters are in Adobe Acrobat™, you will need the reader that will allow you to look at the documents.

If you choose to download the document, click below the title, save it to your hard drive. Then double click that file and it will self extract the file and place it in a folder called USRDS.

Click here to view the entire 2002 Researcher's Guide excluding forms from Appendix F & G.

2002 Researcher’s Guide to the USRDS Database
INTRODUCTION
This Researcher’s Guide to the USRDS Database is designed to assist those interested in using USRDS data to perform their own analyses.

Getting Started
This section is designed to help researchers use the USRDS SAF datasets for the first time.

Sections 1-8
Section 1 · ESRD Data Sources and the USRDS Database System
Section 2 · ESRD Patients
Section 3 · Treatment History
Section 4 · Payor History
Section 5 · Transplant Process & Outcomes
Section 6 · Morbidity & Hospitalization
Section 7 · Survival & Mortality
Section 8 · Providers

Appendices A-C
APPENDIX A: USRDS PRODUCTS & SERVICES
APPENDIX B: MEDICARE CLAIMS
APPENDIX C: STATISTICAL METHODS

Appendix D: Data File Descriptions

Appendix E, Data Formatting

Appendix F, ESRD Data Forms (List Only)
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Appendix G, Special Study Data Forms (List Only)
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Appendix H, Glossary