4-3

Baseline: 45 percent of newly diagnosed patients with treated chronic kidney failure received counseling on nutrition, treatment choices, and cardiovascular care in 1996.

Target setting method: 33 percent improvement. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)

Newly Diagnosed Patients With Treated Chronic Kidney Failure, 1996	Received Counseling Prior to Renal Replacement Therapy
	Percent
TOTAL	45
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DNA
Asian or Pacific Islander	DNA
Asian	DNC
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DNC
Black or African American	DNA
White	DNA

Hispanic or Latino	DNA
Not Hispanic or Latino	DNA
Black or African American	DNA
White	DNA
Gender
Female	DNA
Male	DNA
Family income level
Poor	DNC
Near Poor	DNC
Middle/high income	DNC

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.


4-3.		Increase the proportion of treated chronic kidney failure patients who have received counseling on nutrition, treatment choices, and cardiovascular care 12 months before the start of renal replacement therapy.