Dialysis Facility

Kew Gardens Dialysis Center

Quality Rating

Address

120-46 Queens Boulevard

Kew Gardens, NY 11415

Contact

(718) 793-3341

Certification Date

09/18/1998

Details

CMS Certification Number

332589

Ownership Type

Profit

Number of Dialysis Stations

31

Services Offered

In-center hemodialysis Yes
Peritoneal dialysis Yes
Home hemodialysis training Yes
Shifts starting after 5 p.m. Yes

Quality Measures

Survival Category

As Expected

Hospitalization Category

As Expected

Readmission Category

As Expected

Transfusion Category

As Expected

Waitlist Ratio Category

As Expected

ED Encounters within 30 Days Category

As Expected

Additional Measures

Percentage of Adult HD Patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.2

92%

Percentage of Adult PD Patients with Kt/V ≥ 1.7

85%

Percentage of Patients with Hemoglobin < 10 g/dL

42%

Percentage of Patients with Hemoglobin > 12 g/dL

0%

Mortality Measures

Mortality Rate

24.9

Mortality Rate Upper Confidence Limit

32.2

Mortality Rate Lower Confidence Limit

19.9

Hospitalization Measures

Hospitalization Rate

130.8

Hospitalization Rate Upper Confidence Limit

169.9

Hospitalization Rate Lower Confidence Limit

104.9

Readmission Measures

Readmission Rate

27.3

Readmission Rate Upper Confidence Limit

34.1

Readmission Rate Lower Confidence Limit

21.2

Transfusion Measures

Transfusion Rate

47.1

Transfusion Rate Upper Confidence Limit

75.6

Transfusion Rate Lower Confidence Limit

32.5

Waitlist Measures

Waitlist Ratio

1.49

Waitlist Ratio Upper Confidence Limit

2.42

Waitlist Ratio Lower Confidence Limit

0.85

Percentage of Prevalent Patients Waitlisted (PPPW)

PPPW Percentage

32.8

PPPW Upper Confidence Limit

43.8

PPPW Lower Confidence Limit

23.4

Standardized Emergency Department Encounter Ratio (SEDR)

SEDR Ratio

0.78

SEDR Upper Confidence Limit

1.28

SEDR Lower Confidence Limit

0.54

ED Encounters within 30 Days of Hospital Discharge (ED30)

ED30 Ratio

0.67

ED30 Upper Confidence Limit

1.06

ED30 Lower Confidence Limit

0.37

Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR)

SIR

0.93

SIR Upper Confidence Limit

1.5

SIR Lower Confidence Limit

0.54

Fistula Measures

Fistula Rate

67.8

Fistula Rate Upper Confidence Limit

76.1

Fistula Rate Lower Confidence Limit

59

Long-Term Catheter Measures

Long-Term Catheter Percentage

20

Serum Phosphorus Measures

Percentage of Patients with Serum Phosphorus < 3.5 mg/dL

11

Percentage of Patients with Serum Phosphorus 3.5-4.5 mg/dL

25

Percentage of Patients with Serum Phosphorus 4.6-5.5 mg/dL

29

Percentage of Patients with Serum Phosphorus 5.6-7.0 mg/dL

26

Percentage of Patients with Serum Phosphorus > 7.0 mg/dL

9