Meeting abstract
The Context of Public Dental Health System Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic
I. Yuldashev
Abstract
The Kyrgyz Republic - a newly formed independent country (of the former USSR) is situated in Central Asia, an area of 198.500sq. km., population 4.5 million. The capital is Bishkek - population 670.000.
At the beginning of the 21 th century the state of dentistry is such that the country has 33 dental outpatient clinics (including one specialized pediatric clinic). There are 6 outpatient clinics and two maxillo-facial hospitals (55 beds for adults and 30 pediatric) in Bishkek. A total of 80 beds is reserved for maxillo-facial pathology in the Regional Hospitals. In 2000 the country had 1254 dental surgeons and 186 dentists (“zubnoy vrach”) (2.7 dental surgeons to 10 000 of the population). There is a Stomatological Faculty at the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy (with envolment of 50 students per year), Department of Stomatology at the Kyrgyz State Medical Institute for
Advanced and Postgraduate Training. The dental clinics are mostly governmental (only 3 dental Joint Stock companies). As wholly Public Health System dentistry is going to change from governmental to private. Governmental policy in reforms are to save a minimal guaranteed level of dental treatment, introducing co-payment for
dental services and widening the private sector of dentistry.
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10197
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Publication date:
15.9.2002.
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