10.6084/m9.figshare.5126110.v1 Plantinga L.C. Plantinga L.C. Kim M. Kim M. Goetz M. Goetz M. Kleinbaum D.G. Kleinbaum D.G. McClellan W. McClellan W. Patzer R.E. Patzer R.E. Supplementary Material for: Pre-End-Stage Renal Disease Care Not Associated with Dialysis Facility Neighborhood Poverty in the United States Karger Publishers 2014 Neighborhood Poverty End-stage renal disease Access to care 2014-01-15 00:00:00 Dataset https://karger.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_Material_for_Pre-End-Stage_Renal_Disease_Care_Not_Associated_with_Dialysis_Facility_Neighborhood_Poverty_in_the_United_States/5126110 <b><i>Background:</i></b> Receipt of nephrology care prior to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a strong predictor of decreased mortality and morbidity, and neighborhood poverty may influence access to care. Our objective was to examine whether neighborhood poverty is associated with lack of pre-ESRD care at dialysis facilities. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> In a multi-level ecological study using geospatially linked 2007-2010 Dialysis Facility Report and 2006-2010 American Community Survey data, we examined whether<b> </b>high<b> </b>neighborhood poverty (≥20% of households in census tract living below poverty) was associated with dialysis facility-level lack of pre-ESRD care (percentage of patients with no nephrology care prior to dialysis start) in mixed-effects models, adjusting for facility and neighborhood confounders and allowing for neighborhood and regional random effects. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Among the 5,184 facilities examined, 1,778 (34.3%) were located in a high-poverty area. Lack of pre-ESRD care was similar in poverty areas (30.8%) and other neighborhoods (29.6%). With adjustment, the absolute increase in percentage of patients at a facility with no pre-ESRD care associated with facility location in a poverty area versus other neighborhood was only 0.08% (95% CI -1.32, 1.47; p = 0.9). Potential effect modification by race and income inequality was detected. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> Despite previously reported detrimental effects of neighborhood poverty on health, facility neighborhood poverty was not associated with receipt of pre-ESRD care, suggesting no need to target interventions to increase access to pre-ESRD care at facilities in poorer geographic areas.