Walkowiak Olivia Agata, Hardy William A, Huckaby Lauren V, Kavarana Minoo N, Mokashi Suyog A, Rajab Taufiek Konrad
Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Mar 25;10(4):611. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10040611.
There is a paucity of literature evaluating trends in the demographic composition of the cardiothoracic surgery workforce. Using the United Network for Organ Sharing database, we retrospectively analyzed the changes in sex, race, and ethnicity of surgeons performing heart transplantations between 2000−2020. Surgeons performing heart transplantations for adult (≥18 years) and pediatric (<18 years) patients between 2000−2020 were identified and stratified by sex (male, female) and by race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic Asian, Hispanic of any race). Between 2000−2020, the proportion of non-White and female cardiothoracic surgeons performing adult and pediatric heart transplantations increased. Nevertheless, there remains a lack of diversity in the workforce, particularly when compared to the general United States population.
评估心胸外科医生劳动力人口构成趋势的文献较少。利用器官共享联合网络数据库，我们回顾性分析了2000年至2020年间进行心脏移植手术的外科医生的性别、种族和民族变化。确定了2000年至2020年间为成人（≥18岁）和儿童（<18岁）患者进行心脏移植手术的外科医生，并按性别（男、女）和种族/民族（非西班牙裔白人、非西班牙裔黑人、非西班牙裔亚洲人、任何种族的西班牙裔）进行分层。在2000年至2020年间，进行成人和儿童心脏移植手术的非白人及女性心胸外科医生的比例有所增加。然而，该劳动力群体仍然缺乏多样性，尤其是与美国总人口相比。
