Abstract

FRANCO BONAL, Anelys; SOTO MARTINEZ, Oscar; SAMON LEYVA, Mercedes  and  SOTO FRANCO, Aime. Historical notes of the Primary Health Care and of the specialty General Medicine Care in the Guantanamo municipality. Rev. inf. cient. [online]. 2018, vol.97, n.2, pp. 398-407. ISSN 1028-9933.

A brief recount of historical notes was made with the objective of describing the development of Primary Health Care and General Medicine care in the Guantanamo municipality, from its beginnings in the "Asdrúbal López Vázquez" University Polyclinic in 1984. The medical coverage, organization of health services, the emergence of the specialty and the necessary transformations of the sector. The years 1984-1993 were denominated as the "decade of the development of family medicine", which represented the implementation of the specialty in the mentioned municipality. The medical coverage of the community was also described, without affecting the quality of the medical services rendered. Family medicine, the medical specialty of the Primary Health Care, had an upward evolution and development, given the social need for medical care of high scientific-technical quality.

Keywords : primary health care; comprehensive general medicine; medical coverage; assistance; specialty.

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