Availability of General Practice Workforce and Basic Health Indicators in the Republic of Kazakhstan: 2015-2019

Akerke Abzaliyeva; Galina Kausova; Elmira  Abdraimova; Aigerim Ismagilova; Saltanat Mamyrbekova

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2022.7880

Authors

Akerke Abzaliyeva Department of Public Health and Social Sciences, Kazakhstan School of Public Health, Kazakhstan’s Medical University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
Galina Kausova Department of Public Health and Social Sciences, Kazakhstan School of Public Health, Kazakhstan’s Medical University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
Elmira Abdraimova Department of Biostatistics and Fundamentals of Scientific Research, Kazakh National Medical University named after S. D. Asfendiyarova, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aigerim Ismagilova Department of Public Health, Semey Medical University, Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan
Saltanat Mamyrbekova Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Evidence Based Medicine, Higher School of Public Health, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.7880

Keywords:

General practitioners, Mortality rate, Manpower supply, Healthcare, Kazakhstan

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Republic of Kazakhstan paid a particular attention to the development of general practice (GP) workforce over the past three decades.

AIM: This study was aimed at the provision of descriptive analysis on distribution of GPs between different administrative units of Kazakhstan in relation to the basic health indicators for the period of 2015-2019.

METHODS: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study, which was based on the data obtained from the registry of medical manpower. The data on all-cause mortality, mortality from cardiovascular disease, maternity, and infant mortality were obtained from the annual statistical reports issued by the Ministry of Health.

RESULTS: At present, GPs constitute the bulk of medical workforce in Kazakhstan and different geographic localities show different rates of GP supply. Kazakhstan experienced a stable reduction in cardiovascular, maternal, and infant mortality rates during the period 2015–2019, which might be attributed to the increased per capita supply of GPs.

CONCLUSION: GPs are the front men of Kazakhstani health-care system. There is a need to study other factors contributing to the improvement of basic health indicators in Kazakhstan.

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