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However, assessing the adequacy of the workforce and determining the existence of imbalances at baseline is central to workforce planning.
However, this exercise shed no light on the adequacy of the workforce in the USA and it is suggested that only 20% of the workforce has the education and training needed to work most effectively.
It was also necessary to examine the adequacy of the workforce management information system.
However, while the number of medical schools per given population is only a proxy for the adequacy of physician workforce supply, there is still great variability in the number of institutions per given population.
First, current workforce supply is estimated, and the adequacy of current supply (compared to current requirements) should be assessed.
First, the adequacy of the healthcare workforce, at least in terms of physicians, is only partially related to the number of educational institutions.
For example, Morgan et al. assessed the adequacy of the oncologist workforce in Australia by using the reference ratio of seven oncologists per million inhabitants.
Given the recent trend towards earlier dialysis initiation, along with the realization that the prevalence of CKD in the general population is quite high, concerns have been expressed regarding the adequacy of the nephrology workforce [ 33, 34].
