Nephrology workforce in China: describing current status and evaluating the optimal capacity based on real-world data

Table 2 Effect of nephrology workforce on patient mobility for CKD

Model	Number of nephrologists				Proportion of nephrologists per thousand physicians
	Source city		Destination city		Source city		Destination city
	IRR	P	IRR	P	IRR	P	IRR	P
Unadjusted	0.97 [0.97, 0.97]	< 0.001	1.02 [1.02, 1.02]	< 0.001	0.81 [0.81, 0.81]	< 0.001	1.16 [1.16, 1.16]	< 0.001
Model 1	0.97 [0.97, 0.97]	< 0.001	1.02 [1.02, 1.02]	< 0.001	0.85 [0.85, 0.85]	< 0.001	1.17 [1.17, 1.17]	< 0.001
Model 2	0.97 [0.97, 0.97]	< 0.001	1.04 [1.04, 1.04]	< 0.001	0.82 [0.82, 0.82]	< 0.001	1.18 [1.18, 1.18]	< 0.001
Model 3	0.99 [0.99, 0.99]	< 0.001	1.07 [1.07, 1.07]	< 0.001	0.90 [0.90, 0.90]	< 0.001	1.35 [1.35, 1.35]	< 0.001

Model 1: adjusted for characteristics of source city
Model 2: adjusted for characteristics of destination city
Model 3: adjusted for characteristics of source city, destination city, and between cities

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