Transforming Primary Care Practice through Strategic Reform in the Republic of Srpska
Year: 2024
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The development of the healthcare system in former Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina began in the twentieth century, between 1919 and 1937. Another significant period in the system’s development occurred after the Second World War and during the reform of primary care from 1976 to 1992, which aimed to establish family medicine clinics in primary care. After the civil war, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) split into two entities, the Republic of Srpska and the Federation of B&H, along with the Brčko District. Under the Constitution of the Republic of Srpska, the Republic of Srpska possesses all state functions and jurisdictions, with limited international subjectivity. The Ministry of Healthcare and Social Welfare in the Government of the Republic of Srpska assumed full responsibility for the functioning of the healthcare system within the Republic of Srpska. This chapter aims to present strategic directions for transforming primary care, with a particular focus on family medicine in the Republic of Srpska. We will use a framework approach consisting of three complex levels: structure, process, and outcomes, with each level measuring several dimensions of primary care.
Source: IntechOpen eBooks
Authors: Darijana Antonić, Slobodan Stanić
Language: English
Subfield: Family Practice
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4403740818