Palestine
Population (2017, M): 5.106
Income per Capita, (2018, USD): 1997.30
Percentage of GDP on Healthcare, (2012): 12
training
Year family medicine was established: 2010 (Arya et al., 2005)
Type of Training: Residency program (Arya et al., 2005)
Length of Training: 4 years (Foundation for International Development of Family Medicine in Palestine, n.d.)
Number of institutions that offer family medicine: 1 (Obeidat et al., 2017)
Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: 8-15 (Foundation for International Development of Family Medicine in Palestine, n.d.)
practice
Family doctor to patients ratio: Roughly 20 in entire country (Foundation for International Development of Family Medicine in Palestine, n.d.)
Physician to population ratio: 160 per 100 000 (Statistics from Palestine, n.d.).
DALY: N/A per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).
Life Expectancy:
Females 2017: 82.6 years
Males 2017: 76.5 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
healthcare system
Healthcare in Palestine includes private and public coverage; thus it is a mixed system (Foundation for International Development of Family Medicine in Palestine, n.d.). Family medicine is recognized by the Ministry of Health (Health Systems Profile-Palestine, n.d.)
training
practice
Family doctors work alongside general practitioners to provide holistic primary care (personal interview, 2018). Ultimately, family physicians assume the role of general practitioners as they act as point of first contact, and are heavily involved in disease prevention and health promotion (Health Systems Profile - Palestine, n.d.). Family doctors do not act as gatekeepers as there is no referral systemd. They emphasize a family health approach to healthcare that accounts for a patient’s entire well-being (personal interview, 2018).
References
Arya, N., Gibson, C., Ponka, D., Haq, C., Hansel, S., Dahlman, B., and Rouleau, K. 2017. “Family Medicine Around The World: Overview by Region.” Canadian Family Physician 63: 7–7.
“Foundation for International Development of Family Medicine in Palestine.” n.d. Accessed December 2, 2018. http://fidfmp.org/what-we-do/.
“Health Systems Profile-Palestine.” n.d. Accessed December 2, 2018. http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s17306e/s17306e.pdf.
Obeidat, N.A., Habashneh, M.A., Shihab, R.A., and Hawari, F.I., n.d. “Are Jordanian Primary Healthcare Practitioners Fulfilling Their Potential in Cancer Prevention and Community Health? Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey.” BMJ Open Access. Accessed December 2, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015269.
“Statistics from Palestine.” n.d. Accessed December 2, 2018. https://thisweekinpalestine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Statistics-from-Palestine.pdf.