Abstract
The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), which represents a group of kidney disorders that have reached a state of chronicity, is rapidly on the rise. In 2017, 1 in 11 people globally had CKD, representing a 29.3% increase since 1990.1 In the United States, more than 1 in 7 adults have CKD, of which 90% of patients with stage 3 CKD do not know that their kidneys are injured.2 Though the increase in CKD has expanded the workforce demand for nephrologists, fewer US medical graduates are specializing in nephrology, which ranks second-to-last among all subspecialties in attracting US medical graduates, leading to an acute renal physician shortage.
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