Author/Authors :
Jaafaripooyan Ebrahim نويسنده Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Yaseri Mehdi نويسنده Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tehran university of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Harirchi Iraj نويسنده Department of Surgical Oncology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Shokri Azad نويسنده Department of Health Management and Economics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , Bayat Mahboubeh نويسنده Health Services Management of Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IR Iran , Khodadost
Mahmoud
نويسنده
4. Gastroenterology and Liver Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Khodadost Mahmoud , Akbari-Sari Ali نويسنده Department of Health Care Management, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, IR Iran , Salehi Zalani Gholamhossein نويسنده Center for Health Human Resources Research and Studies,
Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran,
Iran , Mirbahaeddin S. Elmira نويسنده Center for Health Human Resources Research and Studies,
Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran,
Iran
Abstract :
Background Cancer is the third cause of death in Iran. Oncologists
play a key role in declining the mortality rate of cancer. Objectives
This study aims to accurately estimate oncologists’ active supply by
using 3 sources of capture-recapture (CRC) in Iran. Methods This was a
cross-sectional study in 2015 targeting all oncologists in Iran
registered in 3 independent sources, a hospitals national survey (213),
database of Iran ministry of health and medical education (180), and the
database of continuing medical education (173) were used to identify
number of oncologists that were active. Duplicate records between the 3
sources were identified and removed using the Microsoft Office Access
software. Medical council codes, names, surnames, as well as national ID
codes were used for data linkage between the 3 sources. Results After
removing the duplicate records, a total of 314 oncologists were
identified. Based on the selected model, it was estimated that the total
number of oncologists were 533 in 2015. They included 325 adult
hematologist-oncologists, followed by 88 pediatric oncologists, 47
surgical oncologists, 20 gynecologic oncologists, and 18 urologic
oncologists. The estimated ratios for oncologist to population and
oncologist to patients suffering from cancer were 0.67 and 1.34 per
100,000, respectively. Completeness of data for all 3 data sources after
removing duplicates was 59.13%. Conclusions This study highlighted the
shortage of oncologists in Iran and showed that the quality of Iran
specialists’ registration databases needs improvement.
