The Soviet Health System — Aspects of Relevance for Medicine in the United States

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Abstract
A survey of the delivery of health care in the Soviet Union was carried out during a period of three weeks. Health services in the USSR are governmentally controlled, activities are planned and centrally directed, prevention is stressed, and no fees are charged. Medical education consists of six years of training past secondary school and at least a one-year internship. Continuing education is encouraged and can increase a physician's low pay. Hospital midwives are numerous, but there is a shortage of nurses; rural feldshers will be retained only in isolated areas.

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