Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
Population (2017): 2.074 M
Income per Capita (2018): 13,111.21 US
Percentage of GDP on Healthcare (2015): 6.09%
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: 16,777 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).
Life Expectancy:
Females 2017: 77.9 years
Males 2017: 73.8 years
Mortality rate 2017:
2017 Males: 229 per 1,000 male adults.
2017 Females: 85 per 1,000 female adults.
Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 96%
College of Family Physicians (Y or N):
No
Training
Medical school is 6 years, with family medicine taught at 3 universities, Medical Faculty of the University of St. Cyril and Methodius, University in Skopje and the Faculty of Medicine of the University Goce Delchev in Stip (Brekke et al., 2013). There are 2,070 family doctors per capita (Eurostat, 2016).
Healthcare System
In Macedonia all permanent residents have a right to healthcare with universal healthcare covering unlimited visits to a primary care physician, observations, and treatments. There is also private healthcare in the country.
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.
“Physicians, by Speciality.” 2016. Eurostat. Accessed on December 1, 2018. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statisticsexplained/index.php?title=File:Physicians,_by_speciality,_2016_HLTH18.png.
https://www.pacificprime.com/country/europe/macedonia-health-insurance-pacific-prime-international/