Almost two million children are without primary care pediatrician in Spain

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600,000 of them are even worse because they don't have a family doctor who will take care of them continuously, according to the data offered by the Spanish Association of Pediatrics in Primary Care

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600,000 children under 14 have no doctor assigned to their health center, not even a family doctor

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If you compare the data on primary pediatrics, almost all the autonomous communities are now worse than in 2018. If you extrapolate the population data of 14 years and less from the National Institute of Statistics, more than 1.9 million minors would be without a referral primary care pediatrician in their health center. This figure is higher than that obtained in 2018, which was quantified in 360,000 minors. Far from looking for formulas to all…

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It is a recurrent complaint of the pediatricians and this year they have put it back on the table at their 21st National Congress of Update of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics of Primary Care (AEPap), which is held in Madrid and in which more than 700 professionals from all communities will participate until 22 February. In a press conference before the start of the Congress, which opens this afternoon the Minister of Health, Mónica García,…

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The percentage of uncovered places has increased from 26% to 32%, from 2018 to the present. Although it is true that no autonomous community fulfills 100% of the duties, the map of uncovered places shows a rather unequal face. Topics: News, Public HealthRead full article