Tuscaloosa University Dialysis

About Tuscaloosa University Dialysis

Address: 220 15Th Street, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL, 35401
Phone Number: (205) 345-6004
Certification Date: October 21, 1977
Type and Organization: Profit, Gambro Healthcare
Number of Dialysis Stations: 24

Tuscaloosa University Dialysis Location on Map

Service Offers and Quality Reviews

1. In-Center Hemodialysis (YES)
2. In-Center Peritoneal Dialysis (YES)
3. Home Hemodialysis Training (NO)

• SHR: Upper Confidence Limit (95%): 2.41
• SMR: Upper Confidence Limit (95%): 2.03
• SHR: Lower Confidence Limit (5%): 1
• SMR: Lower Confidence Limit (5%): 1.34
• Number of patients included in hospitalization summary: 111
• Number of patients included in survival summary: 573
• Standardized hospitalization ratio: 1.53
• Standardized mortality ratio: 1.66
• Percentage of Medicare patients with Hgb< 10 g/dL: 0.03
• Percentage of Medicare patients with Hgb>12 g/dL: 0
• Number of dialysis patients with Hgb data: 83
• Percentage of HD patients with URR>=65%: 1
• Percent of Adult HD patients with Kt/V >= 1.2: 0.94
• Percentage of Adult PD PTS with Kt/V >= 1.7: n/a
• Number of HD patients with URR data: 82
• Number of Adult HD patients with Kt/V data: 121
• Number of Adult HD patient-months with Kt/V data: 970
• Number of Adult PD patients with Kt/V data: 7
• Number of Adult PD patient-months with Kt/V data: 51
• Number of Pediatric HD patients with Kt/V data: 0
• Number of Pediatric HD patient-months with Kt/V data: 0
• Percentage of patients with arteriovenous fistulae in place: 0.44
• Percentage of patients with vascular catheter in use for 90 days or longer: 0.04
• Number of Adult patients included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries: 130
• Number of Adult patient-months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries: 1035

(Claims Date: 07/01/2011-06/30/2012; SMR Date: 01/01/2008-12/31/2011; SHR Date: 01/01/2011-12/31/2011)

n/a = Data note available or the number of patients is too small to report, please contacts the dialysis facility to discuss this quality measure.