Cuba's Community Health Services：Introduction and Implications to China

Cuba has a three-level healthcare system, and offers free universal healthcare, of which community health services occupy a decisive position. Cuba has accumulated abundant experience in implementing public health services, primary healthcare, and general practitioner training. China has gained frui...

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Published inZhongguo quanke yixue Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 387 - 392
Main Author ZHAO Runze, YU Haiyang, HAN Xu
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published Chinese General Practice Publishing House Co., Ltd 01.02.2022
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community health services|health care reform|general practitioners|chronic disease management|infectious disease prevention and control|cuba
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Summary:Cuba has a three-level healthcare system, and offers free universal healthcare, of which community health services occupy a decisive position. Cuba has accumulated abundant experience in implementing public health services, primary healthcare, and general practitioner training. China has gained fruitful achievements in decades of developing primary healthcare, but there is still much room for development. We introduced Cuba's development and current status of healthcare system, implementation of community health services and general practitioner trainings, as well as community-based measures taken for chronic disease management and infectious disease prevention and control, and compared theses aspects with relevant information of China, offering insights into further development of community health services in China.
ISSN:1007-9572
DOI:10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.233