Sample Reports
Samples of each report showing the structure and content of the report are available below. These are samples only and are not the report for any particular facility, state, or region.
Sample FY 2025 Dialysis Facility Report
This document contains a sample of the Dialysis Facility Reports that are posted on our secure site. Please note that Table 14 is created only for those facilities that treated at least five pediatric patients over the four year period and Table 15 is created only for those facilities having more than ten patients treated in the facility on December 31, 2023 and were in a nursing home at least one day during 2023.
Sample FY 2025 State Profile
This document contains a sample of the State Profiles that are posted on our secure site.
Sample FY 2025 Region Profile
This document contains a sample of the Region Profiles that are posted on our secure site.
Sample December Quarterly Update of the FY 2025 Dialysis Facility Report
This document contains a sample of the Quarterly Updates of the Dialysis Facility Reports for State Surveyors that are posted on our secure site.
Guides
A guide providing detailed descriptions of the contents of each report is available to help readers in the interpretation of the data summaries.
Guide to the FY 2025 Dialysis Facility Reports
This document provides a detailed description of the contents of the report that will help facilities to interpret the data summaries.
Guide to the FY 2025 State Profiles
This document provides a detailed description of the contents of the State Profile that will help readers to interpret the data summaries.
Guide to the FY 2025 Region Profiles
This document provides a detailed description of the contents of the Region Profile that will help readers to interpret the data summaries.
Guide to the December Quarterly Update of the FY 2025 DFRs
This document provides a detailed description of the contents of the report that will help facilities to interpret the data summaries.
Technical Documentation
Technical Notes on the DFR Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR)
This is a document describing the statistical methods used in the Dialysis Facility Reports for calculating the SMR. Model details for the SMR are reported in this Microsoft Excel workbook. Similarly, model details for the first year SMR are reported in this Microsoft Excel Workbook.
Technical Notes on the DFR Standardized Hospitalization Ratio (SHR)
This is a document describing the statistical methods used in the Dialysis Facility Reports for calculating the SHR. Model details for the SHR are reported in this Microsoft Excel workbook.
Technical Notes on the DFR Standardized Transfusion Ratio (STrR)
This is a document describing the statistical methods used in the Dialysis Facility Reports for calculating the STrR. Model details for the STrR are reported in this Microsoft Excel workbook.
Model Details for the DFR Standardized Readmission Ratio (SRR)
Parameter estimates for the second stage model for the Standardized Readmission Ratio (SRR) are available in this Microsoft Excel workbook.
Diagnosis Codes
DFR CODES
The list of codes used to identify hospitalizations and readmissions in Table 4, vaccinations in Table 7, transfusion events in Table 8, dialysis adequacy codes for Kt/V reported in Table 9, identify vascular access types and infections in Table 11, and to identify prevalent comorbid conditions in Table 12 of the DFR. In addition, the codes used to identify exclusions for the standardized transfusion ratio, standardized fistula rate (SFR), and long-term catheter rate (LTCR) and prevelent comorbidity adjustments for the SFR are also included.
Prevalent Comorbidity Adjustment Codes used in the Standardized Hospitalization Ratio (SHR) (Admissions and Days)
This document lists the ICD-10 codes for prevalent comorbidities used in the Standardized Hospitalization Ratio (Admissions and Days) calculations for dialysis facilities.
SRR Codes
This document lists the Standardized Readmissions Ratio ICD-10 codes used in quality measure calculations for dialysis facilities. The file includes a separate tab for each exclusions.
Emergency Department Measure Codes
This document lists the ICD-10 codes used in the calculation of Standardized Emergency Department Encounter Ratio (SEDR) and Standardized Emergency Department Encounters Occurring within 30 Days of Hospital Discharge Ratio (ED30).