Hematologic health services and practical characteristics: report of a nationwide survey among Chinese hematologists

• Published in: BMC health services research 2024-03, Vol.24 (1), p.326-326, Article 326
• Main Authors: Chen, Jia, Gu, Jiali, Ru, Yuhua, Wang, Jianxiang, Hu, Yu, Liu, Kaiyan, Liu, Qifa, Zhang, Xiaohui, Xiao, Zhijian, Zhao, Weili, Xu, Yang, Huang, Xiaojun, Wu, Depei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic degrees; Adult; Age; Blood diseases; Bone marrow; China; Clinical medicine; Continuing education; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Data collection; Delivery of Health Care; Developing countries; Education; Female; Gender differences; Health Services; Hematologists; Hematology; Hematopoietic stem cells; Hospitals; Humans; Informed consent (Medical law); LDCs; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Male; Males; Medical research; Methods; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Practice characteristics; Provinces; Questionnaires; Resources; Software; Surveys and Questionnaires; Thrombosis; Transplantation; Transplants & implants
• ISSN: 1472-6963; 1472-6963
• DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-10829-z

In the past 40 years, China has experienced tremendous economic development, but the current situation of hematologists has rarely been reported. A landscape survey of human resources is essential for healthcare development and policy formulation in the future. The Chinese Society of Hematology initiated a survey of Chinese hematologists in mainland China for evaluating demographic and practice characteristics. Respondents were anonymous, and there were no limitations regarding their age, sex, etc. RESULTS: Totally 2032 hematologists responded, with a median age bracket of 36-45 years. Respondents were well engaged into subspecialties, and 28.1% acquired doctorates of philosophy. Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) centers have been established all over China. Higher-GDP regions reported more advantages, including bigger scale of transplant centers (P