Category | n | Healthcare provider | ||||||||||||||
Nephro- logists | Trans- plant surgeons | Surgeons (HD access) | Surgeons (PD access) | Interven- tional radiologists (HD access) | Inter- ventional radiologists (PD access) | Dietitians | Laboratory technicians | Radiologists (ultrasound) | Vascular access coordinators | Counsellors/ psychologists | Transplant coordinators | Dialysis nurses | Dialysis technicians | No shortage | ||
Overall | 156 | 109 (70) | 102 (65) | 101 (65) | 79 (51) | 103 (66) | 83 (53) | 86 (55) | 30 (19) | 31 (20) | 98 (63) | 89 (57) | 85 (54) | 89 (57) | 76 (49) | 11 (7) |
ISN region | ||||||||||||||||
Africa | 41 | 36 (88) | 34 (83) | 35 (85) | 34 (83) | 36 (88) | 31 (76) | 30 (73) | 12 (29) | 13 (32) | 33 (80) | 30 (73) | 32 (78) | 28 (68) | 31 (76) | 1 (9) |
Eastern and Central Europe | 19 | 13 (68) | 10 (53) | 13 (68) | 6 (32) | 6 (32) | 5 (26) | 14 (74) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 10 (53) | 9 (47) | 7 (37) | 10 (53) | 4 (21) | 1 (9) |
Latin America and the Caribbean | 18 | 13 (72) | 13 (72) | 13 (72) | 9 (50) | 15 (83) | 11 (61) | 7 (39) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | 12 (67) | 9 (50) | 10 (56) | 11 (61) | 7 (39) | 1 (9) |
Middle East | 11 | 8 (73) | 7 (64) | 3 (27) | 2 (18) | 9 (82) | 9 (82) | 5 (45) | 1 (9) | 1 (9) | 8 (73) | 9 (82) | 7 (64) | 5 (45) | 5 (45) | 0 (0) |
NIS and Russia | 8 | 4 (50) | 5 (63) | 2 (25) | 2 (25) | 5 (63) | 4 (50) | 6 (75) | 2 (25) | 1 (13) | 4 (50) | 3 (38) | 4 (50) | 2 (25) | 4 (50) | 0 (0) |
North America | 9 | 4 (44) | 7 (78) | 5 (56) | 3 (33) | 5 (56) | 4 (44) | 1 (11) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (33) | 3 (33) | 4 (44) | 3 (33) | 4 (44) | 1 (9) |
North and East Asia | 7 | 3 (43) | 5 (71) | 4 (57) | 3 (43) | 5 (71) | 2 (29) | 4 (57) | 2 (29) | 3 (43) | 3 (43) | 3 (43) | 3 (43) | 3 (43) | 2 (29) | 0 (0) |
Oceania and Southeast Asia | 15 | 12 (80) | 10 (67) | 11 (73) | 10 (67) | 11 (73) | 9 (60) | 8 (53) | 6 (40) | 5 (33) | 12 (80) | 11 (73) | 10 (67) | 12 (80) | 11 (73) | 2 (18) |
South Asia | 7 | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 6 (86) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 6 (86) | 6 (86) | 6 (86) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 6 (86) | 6 (86) | 0 (0) |
Western Europe | 21 | 9 (43) | 4 (19) | 8 (38) | 4 (19) | 4 (19) | 1 (5) | 5 (24) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (29) | 5 (24) | 1 (5) | 9 (43) | 2 (10) | 5 (45) |
World Bank income level | ||||||||||||||||
Low | 22 | 21 (95) | 21 (95) | 20 (91) | 21 (95) | 21 (95) | 20 (91) | 19 (86) | 10 (45) | 8 (36) | 18 (82) | 19 (86) | 20 (91) | 15 (68) | 16 (73) | 0 (0) |
Lower-middle | 36 | 31 (86) | 28 (78) | 27 (75) | 22 (61) | 29 (81) | 26 (72) | 24 (67) | 12 (33) | 11 (31) | 29 (81) | 27 (75) | 28 (78) | 26 (72) | 27 (75) | 1 (9) |
Upper-middle | 41 | 27 (66) | 31 (76) | 28 (68) | 21 (51) | 33 (80) | 25 (61) | 22 (54) | 8 (20) | 11 (27) | 29 (71) | 22 (54) | 25 (61) | 23 (56) | 22 (54) | 1 (9) |
High | 57 | 30 (53) | 22 (39) | 26 (46) | 15 (26) | 20 (35) | 12 (21) | 21 (37) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 22 (39) | 21 (37) | 12 (21) | 25 (44) | 11 (19) | 9 (82) |
Number of countries that reported shortages of each healthcare provider essential for kidney failure care, grouped by ISN region and World Bank income group. Percentages calculated as the number of responding countries divided by the total number of responding countries.
HD, haemodialysis; ISN, International Society of Nephrology; n, number of participating countries; NIS, Newly Independent States; PD, peritoneal dialysis.