Dialysis - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Of Cook County in Chicago, Illinois - Dialysis Center

Dialysis - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Of Cook County is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Chicago, Illinois and it has 9 dialysis stations. It is located in Cook county at Dialysis Unit-clinic J, Chicago, IL, 60612. You can reach out to the office of Dialysis - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Of Cook County at (312) 864-4602. This dialysis clinic is run as an independent entity, i.e. it is not owned by any chain organization. Dialysis - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Of Cook County has the following ownership type - Non-profit. It was first certified by medicare in January, 1980. The medicare id for this facility is 142313 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Dialysis Center Profile

NameDialysis - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Of Cook County
LocationDialysis Unit-clinic J, Chicago, Illinois
No. of Dialysis Stations 9
Medicare ID142313
Ownership TypeNon-profit
Late Shifts Yes

Contact Information


Dialysis Unit-clinic J, Chicago, Illinois, 60612
(312) 864-4602

Map and Direction




Services Offered

  • Hemodialysis
  • Peritoneal Dialysis

Patient Distribution

Anemia Management

Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data1

Dialysis Adequacy

For adult patients on hemodialysis, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis at least 1.7; that means they are receiving the right amount of dialysis. For pediatric patients, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 on hemodialysis and 1.8 on peritoneal dialysis.
Higher percentages are better.

  • Hemodialysis
    Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center11
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.276
    Percentage of adult hemodialysis patients with Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.293
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
    Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center35
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7350
    Percentage of adult peritoneal dialysis patients with Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.775

Mineral and Bone Disorder

An important goal of dialysis is to maintain normal levels of various minerals in the body, such as calcium. This shows the percentage of patients treated at Dialysis - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Of Cook County with elevated calcium levels.

Patients in the hypercalcemia summary46
Hypercalcemia patient months440
Percentage of adult patients with serum calcium greater than 10.2 mg/dL3
Patients in the serum phosphorus summary48
Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus less than 3.5 mg/dL4
Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL21
Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL33
Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL31
Percentage of patients with serum phosphorus greater than 7 mg/dL11

Vascular Access

The arteriovenous (AV) fistula is considered the best long-term vascular access for hemodialysis because it allows good blood flow, lasts a long time, and is less likely to get infected or cause blood clots than other types of access. Patients who don't have time to get a permanent vascular access before they start hemodialysis treatments may need to use a venous catheter as a temporary access.

Patients included in arteriovenous fistula and catheter summaries 14
Patient months included in arteriovenous fistula and catheter summaries 94
Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistula for their treatment54.3
Percentage of patients receiving treatment through a vascular catheter for 90 days or longer29

Hospitalization Rate

The rate of hospitalization shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Dialysis - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Of Cook County were admitted to the hospital more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other centers.

Standardized Hospitalization Ratio (SHR) PeriodJanuary, 2024 - December, 2024
Patients in facility's Hospitalization Summary15
Hospitalization Rate in facility173.9 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit425.9
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit79.4

Readmission Rate

The rate of readmission shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Dialysis - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Of Cook County were readmitted more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other dialysis centers.

Standardized Readmission Ratio (SRR) PeriodJanuary, 2024 - December, 2024
Readmission Rate in facility40.6 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit67.8
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit14.7

Transfusion Summary

Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Dialysis - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Of Cook County's rate of transfusions is better than expected, as expected, or worse than expected, compared to other centers that treat similar patients.

Standardized Transfusion Ratio (STrR) PeriodJanuary, 2024 - December, 2024
Patients in facility's Transfusion Summary6

Survival Summary

The rate of mortality shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Dialysis - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Of Cook County lived longer than expected (better than expected), did not live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.

Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) PeriodJanuary, 2021 - December, 2024
Patients in facility's Survival Summary39
Mortality Rate in facility18.6 (As Expected)
Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit59.6
Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit3.3

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Medicare Program: Medicare is a federal government program which provides health insurance to people who are 65 or older. This program also covers certain younger people with disabilities (who receive Social Security Disability Insurance - SSDI), and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD.

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