Agreement of reported vascular access on the medical evidence report and on medicare claims at hemodialysis initiation

Table 2 Agreement of reported access

		Access reported on first outpatient dialysis claim
		Catheter	AVF	AVG	Total
Access reported on form CMS-2728	Catheter	7406	189	63	7658 (78.3)
	AVF	200	1490	58	1748 (17.9)
	AVG	34	29	308	371 (3.8)
	Total	7640 (78.1)	1708 (17.5)	429 (4.4)	9777

Note: Values are n or n (%).
AVF, Arteriovenous fistula; AVG, Arteriovenous graft; CMS, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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