Table 1

Site characteristics: home dialysis prevalence for all patients and ethnic minority patients, by site

Case study siteSite 1Site 2Site 3Site 4
Proportion (%) on home dialysis (PD or home HD)*23139.39
Home dialysis uptake in top 10% of kidney centres, all patientsXX
Home dialysis uptake between median and top 10%, all patientsXX
Proportion of ethnic minority patients using home dialysis (%)3115.516.315
Home dialysis uptake for ethnic minority patients in top 10% of kidney centresX
Home dialysis uptake for ethnic minority patients between median and top 10%XXX
  • *As a proportion of the whole population on kidney replacement treatment, that is, all dialysis and transplant patients. At the time of site selection, the median national proportion on home dialysis was 7.6%.

  • HD, home dialysis; PD, peritoneal dialysis.