training

Type of Training: Residency that involves a clinical part for 12 months and outpatient part for 24 months.

Length of Training: medical school (6 years) (Medicinski Fakultet Univerzitet Novi Sad, 2018) family medicine training (3 years)

Year family medicine established: unknown

Number of institutions that offer family medicine:  There are 4 universities that teach family medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad; Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Kragujevac (Brekke et al., 2013)

Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: unknown

practice

Number of family doctors in country (2016): 6,061 family physicians (Eurostat, 2016)

Role of family physician: 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: 16,802 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

• Females 2017: 78.7 years

• Males 2017: 73.6 years

Mortality rate 2017:

• 2017 Males: 143 per 1,000 male adults.

• 2017 Females: 76 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 91%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

• No

training

Serbia has a residency program that involves a clinical part for 12 months and outpatient part for 24 months. It also requires 6 years of medical school (Medicinski Fakultet Univerzitet Novi Sad, 2018) followed by 3 years of family medicine training. This training is offered at 4 universities that teach family medicine, the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade; Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad; Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis; and Faculty of Medicine, University of Kragujevac (Brekke et al., 2013)

practice

6061 family physicians were practicing in Serbia as of 2016 (Eurostat, 2016) Their role and the model of primary care are still unknown.