Comparing Ohio's dialysis centers
Life-saving treatments for advanced kidney failure come with a massive and growing price tag for federal health programs, along with concerns that patient care is taking a backseat to profits, an I-Team investigation found. The I-Team reviewed federal Medicare data to identify area dialysis clinics with higher-than-expected mortality and hospitalization rates, and combed through state inspection reports that spell out hygiene and care issues at clinics that put patients at risk. Here you can search an interactive database of dialysis clinics across Ohio and see how they compare in terms of mortality and hospitalization rates.
Reporting: Josh Sweigart / Production: Kyle Nagel / Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services / Published: Feb. 1, 2015