redesigning primary care in switzerland: how to get primary care doctors on board?
DESCRIPTION
Redesigning Primary Care in Switzerland: How to Get Primary Care Doctors on Board?. Commonwealth Fund International Survey Webinar, February 5, 2013. Thomas Zeltner Professor of Public Health, University of Bern, Switzerland. Former Secretary of Health of Switzerland (1991-2009). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Redesigning Primary Care in Switzerland: How to Get Primary
Care Doctors on Board?
Redesigning Primary Care in Switzerland: How to Get Primary
Care Doctors on Board?
Thomas ZeltnerProfessor of Public Health, University of Bern, Switzerland.Former Secretary of Health of Switzerland (1991-2009)
Commonwealth Fund International Survey Webinar, February 5, 2013
GovernmentRegulator
GovernmentRegulator
Citizen,Customer,
Patient
Citizen,Customer,
Patient
Health ServiceProvider
Health ServiceProvider
HealthInsuranceCompany
HealthInsuranceCompany
The Regulated Market Model of Switzerland
FfffFfff
Specific Aspects of the Swiss Health Care Systems:85% of the Population consult the Internet for Health Information (2011) NZZ am Sonntag, 29/012012
Specific Aspects of the Swiss Health Care Systems:Voluntary Gate Keeping (2012)
YES: 88%
NO: 11%
Question: Do you have a Family Doctor?(N = 6663)
No answer: 1%
Study by gfs Bern, October 2012
< 1/3 mile
< 3 miles
Specific Aspects of the Swiss Health Care Systems
Specific Aspects of the Swiss Health Care Systems:Distance to Next Primary Care Doctor (2012)
No answer: 1%
Question: How long does it take you to get to your primary care doctor?(N = 5889)
>60min: 1%31-60min: 5%
16-30min: 20%
11-15min: 17%
6-10min: 28%
< 5min: 28%
Study by gfs Bern, October 2012
Specific Aspects of the Swiss Health Care Systems:eHealth Literacy in the Medical Community Is Age Dependent
Specific Aspects of the Swiss Health Care Systems:Demography of Medical Doctors (2011)
Age
grou
ps
DoctoDocto
Specific Aspects of the Swiss Health Care Systems:Part Time Employment of Medical Doctors (2011)
Working hours (as % of a full time employment)
Do
cto
rs in
%
Women Men
GPs and Specialists are allowed to(and are reimbursed by the social health insurance)
-Run their own laboratories-Dispense medications (in part of the country)-Offer methods of “complementary medicine”-Offer X-ray examinations
Specific Aspects of the Swiss Health Care Systems:
…RUN THEIR OWN LABORATORIES !
“016“015“016“015
Popular Referendum “YES FOR FAMILY DOCTORS”
2014
Challenges for the Future:Annual Growth Health Insurance Premiums/Capita
THANK YOU!