Percentage of patient months for patients on maintenance hemodialysis during the last HD treatment of month using an autogenous AV fistula.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Number of patient months in the denominator who were using an autogenous AV fistula at the last HD treatment of month.
Denominator
For both CROWNWeb and Claims data, the denominator will include all hemodialysis patients who are at least 18 years old and have had ESRD for greater than 90 days as of the first day of the reporting month.
Exclusions
Exclusions that are implicit in the denominator definition include pediatric patients (<18 years old) and acute hemodialysis patients (hemodialysis patients who have had ESRDS for less than 91 days). There are no additional exclusions for this measure.
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