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Azerbaijan

Population (2017): 9,862.43

Income per Capita (2018): unknown

Percentage of GDP on Healthcare (2015): 6.68%


Year family medicine established: 2009.

Type of Training: Residency

In Azerbaijan, there is no undergraduate training prior to entering medical school. There is simply graduate school and post-graduate training.

Length of Training: Medical school (6 years), residency (2 years), or 11 months retraining

Number of institutions that offer family medicine: There is one medical institutions that offer family medicine training (Azerbaijan Medical University).

Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: unknown

Number of family doctors in country (2016): 1,412 family physicians (Eurostat, 2016)

Physician to population ratio (2006): 56.1 family physicians per 100,000 people (Masseria et al., 2009).

DALY: 18,945 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

  • Females 2017: 75.2 years

  • Males 2017: 69.1 years

Mortality rate 2017:

  • 2017 Males: 150 per 1,000 male adults.

  • 2017 Females: 90 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 95%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

  • No

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Healthcare system

This country has both private and public healthcare systems and so follows a mixed system of healthcare in which the public sector is run by the Ministry of Healthcare.

References

The World Bank. 2005. “Azerbaijan: Health Sector Review Note.” Human Development Sector Unit Europe and Central Asia Region. Retrieved from http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAZERBAIJAN/Resources/HealthSectorNote_Vol.1.pdf