Rural outpatient clinic
The rural outpatient clinic was a facility for outpatient medical care in the countryside in the German Democratic Republic . A rural outpatient clinic had at least two specialist departments and, like the polyclinics in the cities, was intended to replace the system of resident doctors. The doctors and other employees of a rural outpatient clinic were employed by the state. The reform of the health system, initiated by the GDR government in 1947, was promoted by establishing rural outpatient clinics while reducing the number of freelance doctors. The aim was to set up a rural outpatient clinic for every 8,000 to 10,000 inhabitants. In 1950 there were already 136 rural outpatient clinics, by 1960 their number had increased to 373. It remained at around 380 institutions until the end of the GDR.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sabina Schroeter: The language of the GDR as reflected in its literature: Studies on the GDR-typical vocabulary . Walter de Gruyter, 1994, ISBN 9783110138085 , p. 59.
- ^ Johannes Frerich, Martin Frey: Social policy in the German Democratic Republic . Walter de Gruyter, 2nd edition 1996, ISBN 9783486790825 , p. 209.
- ^ In: Scientific journal of the Karl Marx University: Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe , Volume 8, 1958.
- ^ Brigitte Borrmann: Between tutelage and professional autonomy: the history of the Association of German Midwives . Association of German Midwives, 2006, ISBN 9783000173134 , p. 91.