training

Type of Training: unknown

Length of Training: Medical school, (6 years) followed by a common training program (26 months), family medicine specialist training, (3 years) (Faculty of Public Health, 2018)

Year family medicine established: 1992 (Global Family Doctor-WONCA Online, n.d.)

Number of institutions that offer family medicine: All five Hungarian medical universities have departments of family medicine, as well as a postgraduate program in family medicine. The universities are: Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine University of Pécs, Faculty of Medicine University of Szeged, and Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University (Brekke et al., 2013)

Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: unknown

practice

Number of family doctors in country: 6500 physicians.

Physician to population ratio (2006): 65.1 family physicians per 100,000 people (Masseria et al., 2009).

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: 17,941 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

• Females 2017: 79.7 years

• Males 2017: 72.6 years

Mortality rate 2017:

• 2017 Males: 168 per 1,000 male adults.

• 2017 Females: 81 per 1,000 female adults.

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

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

• Yes: Hungarian Research Organisation of Family Physicians (CSAKOSZ).

training

Family medicine was established in 1992 (Global Family Doctor-WONCA Online, n.d.) in Hungary. Medical school is 6 years (Faculty of Public Health, 2018) followed by a common training program for 26 months. After this, there is 3 years of specialist training in family medicine. All five Hungarian medical universities have departments of family medicine, as well as a postgraduate program in family medicine, although the amount of resident graduates is currently unknown.

In order to practice family medicine in this country one must be a sepcialist in family medicine or be specialized in internal medicine and have worked for quite some time as a GP.

practice

There were 65.1 family physicians per 100 000 people in 2006 (masseria et al., 2009) although the current total of family physicians is unknown. There is currently no gatekeeping program in Hungary, but several primary care providers exist such as pediatricians, primary care nurses, home care nurses and ambulatory midwives (Kringos et al., n.d.).