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Greece

Population (2018): 10.77 M (World Bank, 2018)

Income per Capita (2018): 23027.41 US (Trading Economics, 2018)

Percentage of GDP on Healthcare (2015): 8.38% (World Bank, 2015)

training

Year of family medicine established: 1983 (Primary Care in Greece, n.d.)
Type of Training: Residency Program (Primary Care in Greece, n.d.)

Length of Training: 6 years of Medical School73 , 4-year Residency Program (Primary Care in Greece, n.d.)

Number of institutions that offer family medicine: Three main universities of medicine; Aristotle university of Thessaloniki, University of Crete and University of Nicosia

practice

Number of family doctors: 4521 (Statistics Explained, 2016)

Physician to population ratio: On average, there are 534.6 physicians per 100,000 population (Primary Care in Greece, n.d.).

DALY: 11,826 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

  • Females 2017: 84.0 years

  • Males 2017: 78.9 years

Mortality rate 2017:

  • 2017 Males: 96 per 1,000 male adults.

  • 2017 Females: 43 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 96%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

  • Yes: Philippines Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP).

 
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Healthcare System

Greece has a mixed healthcare system (Allianz Care, n.d.)

In terms of family medicine, two organizations have been recognized by the Greek government and doctors: Greece-ELEGEIA (Greek company of general medicine doctors) and ENOSI (Greek union of medicine general doctors). Also, publicly funded by the government through insurance funds and private insurance schemes finance health care (Allianz Care, n.d.)

training

Greece requires applicants take a national university entry exam, before attending 6 years of Medical School followed by a 4-year Residency Program (Primary Care in Greece, n.d.)

There are three main universities of medicine in Greece: the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the University of Crete and the University of Nicosia

practice

Family doctors are called General Practice and Primary Care and Director of the Clinic of Social and Family Medicine. Their main roles are teaching, researching and clinical duties. The teaching style includes the doctor-patient relationship and compassionate care (Global Family Doctor - WONCA Online, n.d.)  Pediatricians are also considered primary care physicians (Global Family Doctor - WONCA Online, n.d.)

Greece’s healthcare system is non-gatekeeping for physicians, the primary health care is a health system acting as both first contact and gatekeeping mechanism. Patients can use the option of secondary care structures (Primary Care in Greece, n.d.)

Greece’s healthcare model has 250 social security institution polyclinics are located in rural areas (Primary Care in Greece, n.d.)

References

  1. “Current Health Expenditure (% of GDP) | Data.” n.d. Accessed December 16, 2018. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS.

  2. “File:Physicians, by Speciality, 2016 HLTH18.Png - Statistics Explained.” n.d. Accessed December 2, 2018. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-

  3. “Global Family Doctor - WONCA Online.” n.d. Accessed December 2, 2018. https://www.wonca.net/member/WoncaPeople/LIONISProfChristos.aspx.

  4. “Healthcare in Greece - Support | Allianz Care.” n.d. Accessed December 2, 2018. https://www.allianzworldwidecare.com/en/support/view/national-healthcare-systems/healthcare-in-greece/.

  5. Polyzos, N., Karakolias, S., Dikeos, C., Theodorou, M., Kastanioti, C., Mama, K., Polizoidis, P., Skamnakis, C., Tsairidis, C., and Thireos, E. 2014. “The Introduction of Greek Central Health Fund: Has the Reform Met Its Goal in the Sector of Primary Health Care or Is There a New Model Needed?” BMC Health Services Research 14 (November): 583. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-014-0583-4.

  6. “Population, Total | Data.” n.d. Accessed December 16, 2018. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.

  7. “Primary Care in Greece | European Forum for Primary Care.” n.d. Accessed December 2, 2018. http://www.euprimarycare.org/column/primary-care-greece.

  8. “TRADING ECONOMICS | 20 Million INDICATORS FROM 196 COUNTRIES.” n.d. Accessed December 16, 2018. https://tradingeconomics.com/.