Task profiles of district doctors in Estonia and general practitioners in Finland
Sammanfattning
The objective was to compare the task profiles of primary care doctors in two societies: district doctors in Estonia and general practitioners in Finland. A uniform questionnaire was used (The European Study of GP Task Profiles). The questionnaire was sent to a random sample of Estonian district doctors and Finnish health centre doctors. Data from 139 respondents in Estonia and 239 respondents in Finland were obtained. The task profiles of the Estonian district doctors and the Finnish GPs differed considerably. The distribution of the Estonian doctors' answers gives evidence for the existence of specialization already within primary health care where certain problems almost never reach the district doctor. The results of the present study supported the curriculum design for the retraining of currently practising district doctors.