Semashko health system

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:insurance
gptkbp:characteristic universal healthcare
state-funded
centralized administration
free at point of use
public ownership of healthcare facilities
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:established 1920s
gptkbp:focus primary care
preventive care
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:state_order
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Semashko health system
gptkbp:implementedIn gptkb:China_(historically)
gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:Mongolia
gptkb:North_Korea
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Vietnam
gptkb:Eastern_Bloc
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Marxist-Leninist_ideology
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Nikolai_Semashko
gptkbp:notableFor vertical integration
hierarchical structure
bureaucratic management
central planning
polyclinics
regional health authorities
universal coverage
centralized data collection
centralized pharmaceutical supply
decline after Soviet Union collapse
emphasis on epidemiology
emphasis on maternal and child health
emphasis on quantity over quality
focus on infectious disease control
focus on public health campaigns
influenced healthcare in socialist countries
lack of private practice
limited innovation
limited patient autonomy
limited patient choice
sanitary-epidemiological services
state control of medical education
state monopoly on healthcare
state-employed medical staff
underfunding in later years
universal immunization programs
gptkbp:replacedBy mixed healthcare systems (in post-Soviet states)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Y.P._Semashko
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7