Dialysis Facility Report (DFR)

Description: The Dialysis Facility Reports (DFRs) are created under contract to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide dialysis facilities, consumers, the public, CMS and its affiliates with valuable information on patient characteristics, treatment patterns, hospitalization, mortality, and transplantation patterns in Medicare certified dialysis facilities.

Coverage: National

Description of Cohort: All Medicare-certified dialysis facilities in the United States