Table 2.
Kidney replacement therapy and nephrology workforce statistics for the 21 countries in Western Europe that participated in ISN-GKHA survey25, 26, 27, 28
| 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 | Incidence | Prevalence | Centers | Nephrologists | Nephrology trainees | |
| Global median [IQR]a | 142 [106–193] | 787 [522–1047] | 310.0 [99.0–597.0] | 25.0 [2.0–56.0] | 359.0 [112.0–636.0] | 4.5 [1.0–10.0] | 1.3 [0.4–2.5] | 14.0 [5.0–36.0] | 269.0 [66.0–468.0] | 0.4 [0.2–0.7] | 10.0 [1.2–22.9] | 1.4 [0.3–3.7] |
| Western Europe median [IQR]a | 131 [113–178] | 1038 [948–1261] | 477.5 [319.4–670.1] | 52.8 [43.5–67.4] | 518.4 [376.0–717.6] | 6.9 [4.5–10.1] | 2.3 [1.8–3.6] | 45.1 [32.2–51.9] | 547.9 [486.1–619.6] | 0.5 [0.4–0.8] | 22.9 [16.0–29.9] | 5.9 [3.1–9.3] |
| Austria | 129 | 1087 | 477.5 | 40.9 | 518.4 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 49.2 | 569.0 | 0.5 | 34.1 | 5.7 |
| Belgium | 182 | 1287 | 663.3 | 54.3 | 717.6 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 48.1 | 569.2 | 0.6 | — | — |
| Denmark | 131 | 958 | 364.5 | 94.7 | 459.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 45.1 | 499.2 | 0.5 | 25.8 | 4.5 |
| Finland | 100 | 909 | 291.6 | 69.7 | 361.3 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 43.6 | 547.9 | 0.2 | 14.5 | 1.8 |
| France | 173 | 1310 | 670.1 | 46.2 | 716.3 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 58.2 | 593.4 | 0.5 | 20.0 | 5.1 |
| Germany | — | — | 768.1 | 38.8 | 806.9 | 9.9 | 2.5 | 23.4 | — | 0.4 | 18.6 | 3.7 |
| Greece | 252 | 1319 | 1010.0 | 66.7 | 1076.7 | 15.8 | 2.8 | 15.7 | 242.1 | 0.4 | 55.8 | 7.4 |
| Iceland | 143 | 760 | 195.1 | 58.2 | 253.3 | 11.6 | 2.9 | 26.7 | 506.7 | 5.8 | 29.1 | — |
| Ireland | 88 | 827 | 310.1 | 44.3 | 354.4 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 40.0 | 473.0 | 0.2 | 9.5 | 5.9 |
| Israel | 193 | 1138 | 662.8 | 43.5 | 706.3 | 9.3 | 2.5 | 44.2 | 432.0 | 0.7 | 29.7 | 2.4 |
| Italy | 140 | 1236 | 738.8 | 78.3 | 817.1 | 9.9 | 3.6 | 37.8 | 419.0 | 0.7 | 48.2 | 8.0 |
| Liechtenstein | — | — | — | — | — | 25.9 | 25.9 | — | — | — | 51.9 | 0.0 |
| Luxembourg | — | — | 596.7 | 4.7 | 601.4 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 12.0 | — | — | 21.5 | — |
| Malta | — | — | — | — | — | 4.5 | 2.2 | 52.5 | — | 2.2 | 13.4 | 22.3 |
| Netherlands | 115 | 1038 | 323.2 | 52.8 | 376.0 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 57.6 | 661.8 | 0.5 | 17.5 | 2.3 |
| Norway | 111 | 962 | 232.5 | 49.9 | 282.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 51.7 | 679.6 | 0.2 | 27.9 | 18.6 |
| Portugal | 230 | 1612 | 871.3 | 48.1 | 919.4 | 10.2 | 1.7 | 51.4 | 693.0 | 0.7 | 27.5 | 9.7 |
| Spain | 141 | 1213 | 499.8 | 67.4 | 567.2 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 70.5 | 645.7 | 0.9 | 20.3 | 7.3 |
| Sweden | 116 | 987 | 319.4 | 88.6 | 408.0 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 47.9 | 579.0 | 0.4 | 22.9 | 9.0 |
| Switzerland | 97 | 937 | 395.1 | 40.2 | 435.3 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 42.4 | 501.9 | 0.7 | 30.4 | 5.1 |
| United Kingdom | 118 | 971 | 383.8 | 53.3 | 437.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 52.1 | 533.8 | 0.3 | 9.8 | 6.1 |
—, Data not reported/unavailable; GKHA, Global Kidney Health Atlas; HD, hemodialysis; IQR, interquartile range; ISN, International Society of Nephrology; KF, kidney failure; PD, peritoneal dialysis; pmp, per million population.
a
Median value and interquartile range are calculated for the selected countries in the ISN-GKHA survey only.