RT Journal Article
T1 Differences and similarities of Primary Care in the German and Spanish Health Care Systems
A1 Salvador Comino, Maria Rosa
A1 Krane, Sibylla
A1 Schelling, Joerg
A1 Regife Garcia, Victor
K1 Family medicine
K1 External rotation
K1 Health care system
K1 Personal experience
K1 Family medicine
AB An efficient primary care is of particular importance for any countries' health care system. Many differences exist on how distinctive countries try to obtain the goal of an efficient, cost-effective primary care for its population. In this article we conducted a selective literature review, which includes both scientific and socio-political publications. The findings are complemented with the experience of a Spanish physician from Seville in her last year of training in family medicine, who completed a four months long rotation in the German health care system. We highlighted different features by comparing both countries, including their health care expenditure, the relation between primary and secondary care, the organization in the academic field and the training of future primary care physicians. It is clear that primary care in both countries plays a central role, have to deal with shortcomings, and in some points one system can learn from the other. (C) 2015 Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.
PB Ediciones doyma s a
SN 0212-6567
YR 2016
FD 2016-02-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18701
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18701
LA es
DS RISalud
RD Apr 18, 2025