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Population (2017): 1.831 M

Income per Capita (2018): 4,068.21 US

Percentage of GDP on Healthcare (2015): unknown

TRAINING

Year Family Medicine was Established: 2005

Length of Medical School: 6 years

Length of Training Program: 3 years

Type of Training: Residency

Number of Institutions That Offer Family Medicine Training: 1 institution

Number of Trainees: Unknown

PRACTICE

Little is currently known about Kosovo’s training system or practice for family physicians.

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: N/A per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

  • Females 2017: N/A years

  • Males 2017: N/A years

Mortality rate 2017:

  • 2017 Males: N/A per 1,000 male adults.

  • 2017 Females: N/A per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: N/A

College of Family Physicians (Y or N): No

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healthcare system

Family medicine was established in 2005 (Rawlinson et al., 2016). There are 6 years of medical school, with family medicine taught at 2 universities, Medical Faculty of the University of Pristina and Kosovska Mitrovica (Brekke et al., 2013).

References

Brekke, M., Carelli, F., Zarbailov, N., Javashvili, G., Wilm, S., Timonen, M., & Tandeter, H. 2013. “Undergraduate Medical Education in General Practice/Family Medicine throughout Europe-a Descriptive Study.” http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/13/157.

Hedley, R., & Maxhuni, B. (2005). Development of family medicine in Kosovo. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 331(7510), 201–203. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7510.201

Raka, L., & Dedushaj, I. (2011). Medical education in Kosova. Medical teacher, 33(4), e173–e177. https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2011.545843

Rawlinson, G., Mecini, I.R., and Hopayian, K. 2016. “Family Medicine on the Rise in Kosovo.” The British Journal of General Practice: The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 66 (653): 614. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp16X688129 .