Table 2.
Kidney replacement therapy services and nephrology workforce statistics in Eastern and Central European countries15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
| Country | Treated KF (pmp) |
Prevalence of long-term dialysis (pmp) |
Long-term dialysis centers (pmp) |
Kidney transplantation (pmp) |
Nephrology workforce (pmp) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence | Prevalence | HD | PD | Total (HD + PD) | HD | PD | Prevalence | Centers | Nephrologists | Nephrology trainees | |
| Global, median [IQR] | 142 [106–193] | 787 [522–1047] | 310.0 [99.0–597.0] | 25.0 [2–56] | 359.0 [112.0–636.0] | 4.5 [1.0–10.0] | 1.3 [0.4–2.5] | 269.0 [66.0–468.0] | 0.4 [0.2–0.7] | 10.0 [1.2–22.9] | 1.4 [0.3–3.7] |
| East and Central Europe, median [IQR] | 170 [114–190] | 788 [684–999] | 512.0 [300.3–608.8] | 37 [21.4–54.3] | 609.1 [335.0–655.0] | 9.2 [6.5–10.8] | 2.5 [1.3–3.8] | 230.5 [98.4–302] | 0.7 [0.5–0.8] | 25.6 [15.5–36.7] | 3.3 [1.6–4.4] |
| Albania | 90 | 547 | — | — | 335.0 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 80.0 | 0.8 | 54.0 | 4.4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 108 | 749 | 627.6 | 24.4 | 652.0 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 96.9 | 0.8 | 15.6 | 2.6 |
| Bulgaria | 170 | 627 | 300.3 | 21.4 | 528.0 | 11.4 | 2.3 | 83.0 | 0.4 | 31.9 | 8.5 |
| Croatia | 191 | 1248 | 610.7 | 54.3 | 620.3 | 10.8 | 5.9 | — | 0.9 | 39.8 | 10.0 |
| Cyprus | 236 | — | 21.0 | 2.5 | 23.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | — | 0.8 | 20.2 | 2.4 |
| Czech Republic | 232 | 1176 | 505.9 | 45.2 | 632.0 | 10.3 | 4.7 | — | 0.5 | 28.1 | 3.7 |
| Estonia | 66 | 720 | 260.7 | 41.8 | 302.5 | 7.2 | 2.4 | 396.0 | 0.8 | 14.5 | 2.8 |
| Hungary | 222 | 999 | 512.0 | 68.3 | 655.0 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 344.0 | 0.4 | 30.5 | 1.0 |
| Kosovo | 190 | 319 | — | — | — | 4.7 | 3.7 | — | — | 22.5 | 3.7 |
| Latvia | 114 | 684 | 156.8 | 49.5 | 275.5 | 12.5 | 2.6 | 285.0 | 0.5 | 23.4 | 1.6 |
| Lithuania | 120 | 796 | 364.6 | 16.8 | 491.2 | 22.2 | 1.1 | 288.0 | 0.7 | 50.1 | 3.9 |
| Macedonia | 181 | 871 | 608.8 | 13.8 | 721.0 | 9.9 | 0.7 | 102.0 | 0.7 | 12.3 | 2.8 |
| Moldova | — | — | 66.6 | 0.5 | 67.1 | 2.9 | — | — | 0.3 | 11.6 | 1.5 |
| Montenegro | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poland | 170 | 788 | 407.0 | 28.8 | 524.0 | 6.5 | 1.3 | 282.0 | 0.6 | 26.0 | 6.5 |
| Romania | 187 | 1143 | 973.2 | 70.2 | 1043.4 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 98.4 | 0.2 | 25.6 | 3.3 |
| Serbia | 100 | 712 | 536.3 | 61.8 | 598.1 | 9.2 | 4.7 | 112.8 | 0.7 | 15.5 | 0.7 |
| Slovakia | 170 | 655 | 532.1 | 37.0 | 620.0 | 13.4 | 3.7 | 302.0 | 0.7 | 36.7 | 3.7 |
| Slovenia | 126 | 1008 | 654.9 | 25.2 | 680.1 | 9.5 | 3.8 | 328.2 | 0.5 | 40.4 | 14.3 |
| Turkey | 146 | 957 | 531.2 | 81.6 | 754.0 | 10.5 | 1.2 | 179.0 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 1.1 |
—, Data not reported/unavailable; HD, hemodialysis; IQR, interquartile range; KF, kidney failure; PD, peritoneal dialysis; pmp, per million population.