The health care delivery system [1] of the Republic of Cuba has 3 levels :
- the family Clinics and the multidisciplinary clinics to provide primary care;
- the General Hospitals and Clinical Surgery Hospitals to provide secondary care;
- the specialized institutions to provide highly specialized tertiary care (ex: Oncology, neurology, cardiovascular).
These three levels allow Cuba to provide a healthcare system that is efficient and internationally recognized.
World Health Organization Statistics
To better understand the efficiency of the preventive and integrative healthcare in Cuba it is interesting to compare some statistics from the WHO website.
Cuba
| Life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2016) | 77/81 |
|---|---|
| Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births, 2017) | 5 |
| Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population, 2016) | 116/68 |
| Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2014) | 2,475 |
| Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2014) | 11.1 |
USA
| Life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2016) | 76/81 |
|---|---|
| Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births, 2017) | 7 |
| Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population, 2016) | 142/86 |
| Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2014) | 9,403 |
| Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2014) | 17.1 |
Canada
| Life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2016) | 81/85 |
|---|---|
| Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births, 2017) | 5 |
| Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population, 2016) | 76/49 |
| Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2014) | 4,641 |
| Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2014) | 10.4 |
Reference :
- Dresang, L. T., et al., “Family Medicine in Cuba: Community-Oriented Primary Care and Complementary and Alternative Medicine,” J. Am. Board Fam. Pract., vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 297–303, Jul. 2005.
