Table 1 Characteristics of participating HD centers
From: The state of nutrition care in outpatient hemodialysis settings in Malaysia: a nationwide survey
| Â | Â | Dietitian Accessibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
All (n = 150) | Not available (n = 101) | Dedicated dietitian (n = 27) | Shared/ visiting dietitian (n = 22) | |
By Sector | ||||
 Government | 34 (22.7%) | 6 (17.6%) | 19 (55.9%) | 9 (26.5%) |
 NGO | 30 (20.0%) | 22 (73.3%) | – | 8 (26.7%) |
 Private | 86 (57.3%) | 73 (84.9%) | 8 (9.3%) | 5 (5.8%) |
By Region | ||||
 Central | 42 (28.0%) | 27 (64.3%) | 10 (23.8%) | 5 (11.9%) |
 East Coast | 32 (21.3%) | 19 (59.4%) | 6 (18.8%) | 7 (21.9%) |
 Northern | 35 (23.3%) | 24 (68.6%) | 5 (14.3%) | 6 (17.1%) |
 Southern | 20 (13.3%) | 18 (90.0%) | 2 (10.0%) | – |
 Borneo | 21 (14.0%) | 13 (62.0%) | 4 (19.0%) | 4 (19.9%) |
Number of patients/center a | 54.5 ± 32.1 | 49.5 ± 30.4 | 71.4 ± 37.8 | 56.2 ± 25.6 |
 < 50 | 80 (53.7%) | 63 (78.8%) | 7 (8.8%) | 10 (12.5%) |
 50–100 | 55 (36.9%) | 29 (52.7%) | 15 (27.3%) | 11 (20.0%) |
 >  100 | 14 (9.4%) | 8 (57.1%) | 5 (35.7%) | 1 (7.1%) |