International primary care snapshots: Sweden and Lebanon

摘要

Primary care in Sweden is delivered through around 1200 primary healthcare centres (PHCs), almost all of which are group surgeries containing more than one doctor. The largest one, situated in a suburb of Stockholm, has more than 30 GPs plus registrars. The surgeries also have nurses, secretaries and laboratory staff. Where I have worked for 33 years there are 4 senior doctors sharing 3 positions, a registrar, 2.5 surgery nurses, 1.5 district nurses, a lab nurse, and one secretary. We have contracts with physiotherapists, occupational therapists, a psychologist, social worker, and a dietician.