Nephrology workforce in China: describing current status and evaluating the optimal capacity based on real-world data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to characterize the current status of the nephrology workforce in China and evaluate its optimal capacity based on real-world patient mobility data.

Methods

Data on nephrologists in China were collected from two prominent online healthcare platforms using web crawlers and natural language processing techniques. Hospitalization records of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) from January 2014 to December 2018 were extracted from a national administrative database in China. City-level paths of patient mobility were identified. Effects of nephrology workforce on patient mobility were analyzed using multivariate Poisson regression models.

Results

Altogether 9.13 nephrologists per million population (pmp) were in practice, with substantial c

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10410773 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature