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Kazakhstan

Population (2018): 18.401 M (World Population, 2018)

Income per Capita (2018): 10857.38 US (Income per Capita, 2018)

Percentage of GDP on Healthcare (2015): 3.88% (World Bank, 2015)

DALY: 27,583/100,000 individuals (due to all causes).

Life Expectancy:

  • Females 2017: 73.0 years

  • Males 2017: 65.0 years

Mortality rate 2017:

  • Males: 223/1,000 males

  • Females: No data

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children recieved: 99%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

  • No

  • Declaration of Alma-Ata has provided improvements in primary healthcare recognition in the country

practice

The first pilot clinic, where district physicians practicing with family doctors, was established in 1989. Post-graduate training consists of five years in medical school (Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, 2018). No other comprehensive data was found on Kazakhstan through an online scope or literature review. The initial literature scope was done to collect data from online sources, such as, medical school websites and the WHO website. The literature review was done to collect data from papers retrieved using Google, Google Scholar, PubMed, and Web of Science. No key informants were obtained to help verify or obtain information.

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References

“Income per Capita”, Trading Economics (2018), Accessed November 7, 2018, https://tradingeconomics.com/

“Percentage of GDP on healthcare”, World Bank (2015), Accessed November 25, 2018, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS

“Study at KazNMU”, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University. Accessed December 1, 2018, https://kaznmu.kz/eng/studying/

“World Population”, Worldometers (2018). Accessed December 1, 2018, www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/