training

Year family medicine was established: 1977 (Cárdenas-lópez et al., n.d.)

Type of Training: Residency or Master’s after mandatory internship (Axelrod & Nester, n.d.)

Length of Training: 1 year of internship + 4 years of residency (Cárdenas-lópez et al., n.d.)

Number of institutions that offer family medicine: 11 (Cárdenas-lópez et al., n.d.)

Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: 60 (Cárdenas-lópez et al., n.d.)

practice

Family doctor to patients ratio: In rural areas: 1 physician:1500 patients (Cárdenas-lópez et al., n.d.)

Physician to population ratio: 382 per 100,000 people (International Statistics, n.d.).

DALY: 10,031 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

• Females 2017: 84.6 years

• Males 2017: 80.7 years

Mortality rate 2017:

• 2017 Males: 71 per 1,000 male adults.

• 2017 Females: 40 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 97%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

• Yes: Israel Medical Association of Family Physicians.

training

Family physicians mostly facilitate curative and preventative care, depending on location. In rural areas, they provide holistic and continuous care to a small subset of patients (Cárdenas-lópez et al., n.d.) Pediatric specialists also play a very significant role in the primary care of children and youth (Axelrod & Nester, n.d.)

practice

There are both family physicians and General practitioners in this country. But the family physician received more post-graduate training and specializes in family medicine. They have a bigger and more specialized role compared to general practitioners and they are active agents in primary health care within the country focusing on preventative care and long-term monitoring and maintenance of chronic illnesses.