An aging population with more chronic metabolic disorders, an aging nursing workforce and a dearth of nephrology fellows may signal a continued decrease in the nephrology workforce, according to Healio | Nephrology News & Issues sources.“A shortage of nephrologists since the start of the specialty has always put extra workloads on those in practice. Remember the projections of potential patients and costs in 1972 when Congress approved Medicare for dialysis payment? Legislators did not anticipate that the Medicare entitlement would grow to treat older, sicker patients and assumed
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