Definitions and description of the questionnaire
| Items | Data | Comments, amendments |
|---|---|---|
| Country | Name of country | |
| Date of the national report | Year | |
| Definitions | ||
| Definition of the primary care system in relation to main health provider | Based on GPs or FDs or paediatricians or combined system (define the system according to what approximately 75% of children get as main health provider) | |
| Type of insurance | Private/public/mixed | |
| Definition of access to the system | Free (no direct payment), payment with total reimbursement, payment and partial reimbursement | |
| Definition of paediatric age | Define the range in years considered paediatric age (eg, 0–18); specify exceptions and if there is a different age for primary care or hospital | |
| Planning and funding of healthcare (centralised vs decentralised) | Planning and funding centralised (national), decentralised (regional/counties/communities) | |
| Demographic data | ||
| Total population (in millions) | (Year) | |
| Neonatal mortality (0–28 days mortality×1000 live births) | (Year) | |
| Infant mortality (0–1 year mortality×1000 live births) | (Year) | |
| Under 5 years mortality | (Year) | |
| Life expectancy at birth (female) | (Year) | |
| Life expectancy at birth (male) | (Year) | |
| Birth rate (number of births×1000 population) | (Year) | |
| Birth cohort (year) | Total number of newborns per year | |
| Paediatric population | Absolute number of children in the previously defined age range for paediatric population | |
| Setting and professionals involved in primary care | ||
| Place where children are visited for primary care | Private practice/office/child care centres/health centres/mixed | |
| Type of professional attending primary care | GP or paediatrician | |
| Other staff at child health centres/private practice/office practice | Nurses, other professionals | |
| Total number of patients each paediatrician, GP or FD cares for or assigned to them | Number of patients×paediatricians, GP, FD | |
| Number of professionals and training | ||
| Total number of paediatricians in the country | Number | |
| Total number of paediatricians in primary care | Number | |
| Training in paediatrics | Number of years, specified general+specialisation | |
| Training of GPs or FDs in paediatrics | Months they train in paediatrics | |
| Activities | ||
| Child health programme at the child health centre | Number of health visits | |
| Setting where vaccination takes place | Paediatricians office, healthcare centres | |
| Main professional in charge of vaccination | Paediatrician, GP or FD, nurse, others (specify) | |
| Healthcare of school children | Specify in there is a specific healthcare programme; who is in charge? | |
| Adolescent medicine | Who takes care, in general, for adolescents? | |
| Place for free comments | ||
| Special comments | ||
| Comment on three strong and three weak points of your system | ||
FD, family doctor.