Estimation of oncologists’ active supply in Iran : three sources capture-recapture method
Joint Authors
Bayat, Mahbubah
Zalani, Ghulam Husayn Salihi
Shukri, Azad
Khodadost, Mahmud
Mirbahaeddin, S. al-Mira
Yusri, Mahdi
Jafaripooyan, Ibrahim
Sari, Ali Akbari
Harirchi, Iraj
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 19, Issue 7 (31 Jul. 2017), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2017-07-31
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
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Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bayat, Mahbubah& Harirchi, Iraj& Zalani, Ghulam Husayn Salihi& Sari, Ali Akbari& Shukri, Azad& Khodadost, Mahmud…[et al.]. 2017. Estimation of oncologists’ active supply in Iran : three sources capture-recapture method. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 19, no. 7, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-767169
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bayat, Mahbubah…[et al.]. Estimation of oncologists’ active supply in Iran : three sources capture-recapture method. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 19, no. 7 (Jul. 2017), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-767169
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bayat, Mahbubah& Harirchi, Iraj& Zalani, Ghulam Husayn Salihi& Sari, Ali Akbari& Shukri, Azad& Khodadost, Mahmud…[et al.]. Estimation of oncologists’ active supply in Iran : three sources capture-recapture method. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2017. Vol. 19, no. 7, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-767169
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 7
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BIM-767169