EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

 

The Practice Of Internists 2008 – Part ONE

The Organization of Medical Services
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Please provide the following contact information: 

Name (Mandatory)   Select your Country..  (Mandatory)
E-mail (Mandatory)

What is your Position on your National Society Board? President     Secretary-General  Other    (Mandatory)

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1. Is the health care system in your country public or private or both?

2. What percentage of your hospitals belong to the national health system?

%

3. What percentage of ambulatory clinics or physician´s offices belong to the national health system?

%

4. What percentage of Internists practice Internal Medicine alone?

%

5. What percentage of Internists practice Internal Medicine and a subspecialty?

%

6. What percentage of Internists only practice a subspecialty of Internal Medicine?

%

7. What percentage of Internists work in only hospital practice?

%

8. What percentage of Internists work only in office (outpatient clinic practice)?

%

9. Do hospital-based Internists commonly care for patients in emergency wards or intensive care units?

Yes No

       If yes, does that apply equally to general Internists and subspecialists?

10. Private Practice

      a. What percentage of Internists work exclusively in the public health system?

      %

      b. What percentage of Internists work exclusively in the private practice?

      %

      c. What percentage of (general?) Internists work in both sectors?

      %

      d. Are Internists allowed to care for private patients at public hospitals?

      Yes No

      Is there limitation on such activities?

     

      How are they reimbursed?

     

11. In your Country, who takes care of...

      a) elderly patients? (tick all that apply)

          Internists     Geriatricians   Other

      Please explain..

      b) Teenage patients

          Internists     Pediatricians   Other

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Adrian Stevens
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