Table 2: Summary statistics on input and output variables: Final five-output model.

Variable Observations (N = 7324) Mean Median SD
Outputs
    Annual Dialysis Treatments 11,221 9,976 6,154
    % Patients with URR ≥ 65 97.9% 100.0% 3.4%
    % of Patients with Hb ≥ 10 93.9% 96.4% 7.9%
    Access-Related Non-Infection Rate 97.4% 97.9% 2.1%
    Average Annual Non-Hospitalized Days 351.7 352.3 4.7
Cost Inputs
    Capital Costs (Buildings & Fixtures) $217,778 $193,779 $124,005
    Dialysis Machine Costs $111,260 $98,464 $56,115
    Operations & Maintenance $117,068 $101,394 $66,595
    Compensation for Direct Patient Care $797,511 $687,424 $519,596
    Ancillary Costs (Drugs & Supplies) $849,661 $727,230 $518,280
    Administrative and General and Other Costs $633,053 $558,541 $325,845

Costs before wage index and annual inflation adjustments; URR: Urea Reduction Ratio; Hb: Hemoglobin.