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Structural data of medical practices and ambulatory centers Medical practices and outpatient centres: almost 14 200 points of care in Switzerland

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Neuchâtel, 10 April 2018 (FSO) - Switzerland counted 14 217 points of care in 2015. 48% of these offered specialist medical care, 37% primary care and 16% both types. These sites employed almost 17 600 physicians and 28% of this number obtained their basic training diploma abroad. These are some of the results from the first survey of structural data from medical practices and outpatient centres (MAS survey).

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