Guatemala
Population (2018): 16.91 M
Income per Capita (2018): 3124.21 US
Percentage of GDP on Healthcare (2015): 5.72%
training
Year of family medicine established: unknown
Type of Training: Master’s Program
Length of Training: 3 years
Number of institutions that offer family medicine: 2 (Master's Degree in Family and Community Medicine at Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala and Master's Degree in Family Health at Universidad Galileo)
Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: unknown
practice
Number of Family Physicians: 23 (Castillo et al., 2012)
Number of Physicians: 0.4 physicians per 1,000 people (World Bank, 2022)
DALY: 22,026 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).
Life Expectancy:
Females 2017: 76.8 years
Males 2017: 70.4 years
Mortality rate 2017:
2017 Males: 209 per 1,000 male adults.
2017 Females: 110 per 1,000 female adults.
Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 86%
College of Family Physicians (Y or N): NO
healthcare system
Healthcare is guaranteed by the Guatemalan constitution, many indigenous families living in rural areas have a hard time accessing healthcare due to language, culture, lack of specialists in rural areas, funding, etc. Healthcare in the public sub-sector is through a network of services from the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare, the IGSS, health services of the Ministries of Defence and Government, and San Carlos University. For-profit private sub-sector authorized by the MSPAS, and the non-profit private sub-sector consists of nongovernmental organizations (Central America Doctors & Health in the Americas -Volume II, 2007).
training
practice
In addition to family physicians, they have obstetrics and gynecologists, as well as pediatricians. In Guatemala, as of 2006, all staff are responsible for direct patient health care in first- and second-level services (Health in the Americas -Volume II, 2007). Health Systems Profile of Guatemala was validated and recognized by a group of staff members and policymakers of the Ministry of public Health and Social Welfare, the Guatemalan Social Security Institute (IGSS), San Carlos University, and many more institutions.
References
Banco Mundial. (2022). Médicos (por cada 1.000 personas)—Guatemala, Venezuela, RB, Honduras, Dominican Republic. https://datos.bancomundial.org/indicador/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS?end=2018&locations=GT-VE-HN-DO&start=1960&view=chart
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2. Central America Doctors. n.d. “Family Doctors in Guatemala | Primary Care Specialists Guatemala.” Accessed January 11, 2019. https://centralamericadoctors.com/doctor-speciality/primary-care/.
3. Health in the Americas Volume II. 2007. “GENERAL CONTEXT AND HEALTH DETERMINANTS.” Accessed December 2, 2018. https://www.paho.org/hia2007/archivosvol2/paisesing/Uruguay English.pdf.
4. “Population, Total | Data.” n.d. Accessed December 16, 2018. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.
5. “TRADING ECONOMICS | 20 Million INDICATORS FROM 196 COUNTRIES.” n.d. Accessed December 16, 2018. https://tradingeconomics.com/.
6. Castillo, L. A., Toro, C. B., Coria, A. I., Prato, J. R., & Ortega, M. F. (2012). Towards the strengthening of Family Medicine and Primary Care in health systems: IV Ibero-American Summit of Family Medicine. Asunción, Paraguay 2011. Archivos en Medicina Familiar, 14(4), 93–112.
7. Galileo University. (2022). Master of Family Medicine | FACISA. https://www.galileo.edu/facisa/career/master-family-medicine/
8. San Carlos University of Guatemala. (2022). Coverage of postgraduate programs at the national level. https://sep.usac.edu.gt/cg/
9. Pan American Health Organization. (2013). Overview of the migration of doctors and nurses from the Central American Region and the Dominican Republic. https://www.observatoriorh.org/sites/default/files/webfiles/fulltext/2013/libro_migracion_ca/6_condiciones_gua.pdf
10. Pan American Health Organization. (2019). Mapping of Training Programs in Family and Community Health. https://www.observatoriorh.org/sites/default/files/webfiles/fulltext/2019/2019_ops_mapeo_programas_salud_familiar.pdf