Shared decision-making in end-stage renal disease: a protocol for a multi-center study of a communication intervention to improve end-of-life care for dialysis patients

Table 1 Aggregate dialysis clinic data

	Baystate Medical Center	University of New Mexico
Age (years)	64.9	60.6
Female	41.0 %	45.1 %
Black	13.9 %	3.0 %
Hispanic	9.5 %	52.3 %
Deaths (per 100 pt/year)	25.5	17.7
Diabetes mellitus	36.5 %	64.9 %
Average number of comorbid diseases	4.2	3.6
Percent of deaths with hospice	26.1 %	25.9 %

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