page_title: Healthcare in Kosovo
section_title: Statistics
hierarchical_section_title: Healthcare in Kosovo / Statistics
caption_attribution_description: English: Female/Male Employment Percentage in Health Institutions, UCCK
context_page_description: In the past, Kosovo’s capabilities to develop a modern health care system were limited.
  Low GDP during 1990 worsened the situation even more. However, the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Pristina marked a significant development in health care. This was also followed by launching different health clinics which enabled better conditions for professional development.
  Nowadays the situation has changed and health care system in Kosovo is organized in three sectors including, primary, secondary and tertiary health care.
  Primary health care in Pristina is organized in thirteen Family Medicine Centers and fifteen Ambulantory Care Units. Secondary health care is decentralized in seven Regional Hospitals. Though Pristina does not have a Regional Hospital, it instead uses the University Clinical Center of Kosovo for health care services. The University Clinical Center of Kosovo provides its health care services in twelve clinics, where 642 doctors are employed. At a lower level, home services are provided for several vulnerable groups which are not able to reach health care premises.
context_section_description: The Statistical Agency of Kosovo is a professional institution operating since 1948, located in Pristina, which collects, processes and publishes official statistical data.  Since 2011, this agency functions under the Prime Minister’s office. It is funded by the Kosovo Consolidated Budget and it is supported by donors. They have professional and technical cooperation with all ministries of Kosovo's Government, especially with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Central Bank of Kosovo, Eurostat, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, SIDA, DFID, UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF and many other international institutions.
  According to a study made by Kosovo's Ministry of Public Administration, the number of female employees in Kosovo's health institutions has been distinctly bigger during the previous years. In 2010 there were 8,928 female employees and 4,282 males. This number had a minor increase in favor of male employees by 1% in 2012.
  University Clinical Center of Kosovo (UCCK) has had 870 doctors in a period of 2010. In 2012 this number dropped off in 642. The department of gynaecology has had the largest number of personnel throughout the last 3 years, while neurosurgery has had the lowest.
  The mortality rate has had many variations, thus in 2009 it was 836 patients in Regional Hospitals out of which 39% in Prizren's Regional Hospital, 21.5% in Peja, 20% in Gjakova, 17.7% in Gjilan, 1.0 in Vushtrri and 0.1% in Ferizaj. However, in 2010 mortality rate slightly decreased in 806. Prizren remained the region with the largest mortality rate during these years, whereas Gjakova and Peja gradually equalized.
caption: Female (66%) and male (34%) employment percentage in health institutions (UCCK)[1]
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