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Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-614751

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Objective To analyze the dynamic flow of pediatricians from 2010 to 2015, their present deployment and workload as compared with physicians across the country, in order to provide reference for their effective allocation.Methods Selecting data indexes from Chinese Statistical Yearbook and China Health and Family Planning Yearbook, and using Excel for statistics of relevant index data.By means of horizontal and vertical comparisons, a dynamic analysis was made on such indexes as the number of pediatricians, that of pediatricians per thousand children, and the number of hospital admissions and the number of hospitalizations per pediatrician.Results The total of pediatricians only increased by 2.32% from 2010 to 2015.On the other hand, the number of pediatricians per thousand population only accounted for 23.42% of physicians per thousand population in 2015.These five years witnessed a 40.58% workload increase of outpatient/emergency visits per pediatrician, and 36.70% increase of discharged inpatients.Conclusions China is faced with the challenges of shortage and insufficient supply of pediatricians, worsened by excessive workloads.It is advisable to improve pediatrician development pattern, raise their remuneration, and ease their workload, for the sake of better healthcare for children.

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