Dialysis Facility

Davita Nephron Dialysis

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Location
5820 Downey Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90805

Phone Number
(562) 663-0788

About Davita Nephron Dialysis

Davita Nephron Dialysis is a dialysis facility in Long Beach , California certified on 08/08/1996 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis. Davita Nephron Dialysis is located at 5820 Downey Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90805 and can be contacted via phone number (562) 663-0788.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations 21
Ownership type Profit
Corporate name Davita
Chain owned Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification 08/08/1996

Services Offered

  • In-center hemodialysis: Yes
  • Peritoneal dialysis: No
  • Home hemodialysis training: No
  • Shifts starting after 5 p.m. No

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions
As Expected
23.6 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis
100%
Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis
N/A
Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis
N/A
Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis
N/A

Using the most effective access to the bloodstream

Rate of fistula
As Expected
63.1%
Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein for at least 3 consecutive complete months, for their regular hemodialysis treatments
9%

Keeping a patient's bone mineral levels in balance

Adult patients who had too much calcium in their blood
1%

Avoiding hospitalizations & deaths

Frequency of hospital admission
As Expected
251.2 per 100 patient-years
Frequency of hospital readmission
As Expected
14.8%
Frequency of patient death
As Expected
30.3 per 100 patient-years

Patient survey rating

Overall experience

Patients who gave the dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)
67 %

Communication

Patients who reported that kidney doctors “always” communicated well and cared for them as a person
62 %
Patients who reported that YES their kidney doctors and dialysis center staff gave them the information they needed to take care of their health
86 %

Doctors & staff

Patients who gave their kidney doctors a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)
62 %
Patients who gave the dialysis center staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)
63 %
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff “always” communicated well, kept patients as comfortable and pain-free as possible, behaved in a professional manner, and kept the center clean
65 %