Taking hospital treatments home: a mixed methods case study looking at the barriers and success factors for home dialysis treatment and the influence of a target on uptake rates

Table 6 Patient characteristics, case studies

Patient characteristics	Hospitals				Total	Percentage	No. of eligible patients	Eligible patients interviewed (%)
Patient characteristics	1	2	3	4	Total	Percentage	No. of eligible patients	Eligible patients interviewed (%)
Treatment type
PD	10	11	11	8	40	43	181	22
Home haemodialysis	4	7	1	6	18	19	28	64
In-centre haemodialysis	9	7	9	10	35	38	409	9
Sex^a
Male	14	18	12	11	55	59	359	15
Female	9	7	9	13	38	41	230	17
Age group
18–39	5	5	3	5	18	19	67	27
40–64	13	8	8	9	38	41	223	17
65+	5	12	10	10	37	40	328	11
Ethnic group^a
White	13	25	15	23	76	82	509	15
Indian	6	0	2	1	9	10	52	17
Pakistani	2	0	0	0	2	2	23	9
African Caribbean	2	0	4	0	6	6	33	18

^aMissing data: sex not recorded for 29 eligible patients not included in the study; ethnic group not recorded for 10 eligible patients not included in the study

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