Kim Mira, Chae Kyunghee, Wang Ju Mee, Choi Arum, Bae Jang-Whan, Moon Keon-Woong, Kim Sukil
Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
The Korean Cardiac Research Foundation, Seoul, Korea.
Korean Circ J. 2024 Jan;54(1):1-12. doi: 10.4070/kcj.2023.0262.
The objective of this study was to estimate the supply and demand for cardiologists in Korea and provide evidence for healthcare policy to ensure a stable and adequate workforce for optimal cardiovascular disease management.
Past trends of inflow and outflow of cardiologists were used to make crude projections, which were then adjusted based on demands of services to obtain final projections. Inflow of cardiologists was estimated using second-order polynomial regression and demand for cardiology care was estimated using linear regression.
There were 1,139 active cardiologists who were under the age of 65 in clinical practice in Korea. The estimated number of cardiologists from 2022 to 2040 showed that the number of cardiologists would peak at 1,344 in 2032 and gradually decrease thereafter. We also estimated an increase of 947,811 cases of heart-related procedures annually from 2023 to 2032. The number of heart-related procedures per cardiologist would increase 1.4 times from 12,964 in 2023 to 17,862 in 2032. The estimated number of emergency patients per cardiologist under 50 years old would almost double from 544 in 2022 to 987 in 2032.
We expect significant shortage of cardiologists in Korea within the next 10 years. The number of emergency patients per cardiologist will increase by nearly 50%, leading to high individual workload for cardiologists. To prevent this imbalance between supply and demand, an organized and collective approach by the specialty of cardiology is imperative to produce a balanced workforce.
本研究的目的是评估韩国心脏病专家的供需情况,并为医疗保健政策提供证据,以确保有稳定且充足的劳动力来优化心血管疾病管理。
利用心脏病专家流入和流出的过去趋势进行粗略预测,然后根据服务需求进行调整以获得最终预测。使用二阶多项式回归估计心脏病专家的流入情况,使用线性回归估计心脏病护理的需求。
韩国有1139名65岁以下活跃在临床实践中的心脏病专家。2022年至2040年心脏病专家的估计数量表明,心脏病专家数量将在2032年达到峰值1344名,此后逐渐减少。我们还估计,从2023年到2032年,每年与心脏相关的手术病例将增加947,811例。每位心脏病专家的心脏相关手术数量将从2023年的12,964例增加1.4倍,到2032年达到17,862例。估计50岁以下每位心脏病专家的急诊患者数量将几乎翻倍,从2022年的544例增加到2032年的987例。
我们预计未来10年内韩国心脏病专家将严重短缺。每位心脏病专家的急诊患者数量将增加近50%,导致心脏病专家个人工作量很大。为防止这种供需失衡,心脏病学专业必须采取有组织的集体方法来建立平衡的劳动力队伍。