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Table 3 Service requirement in Sverdlovsk Oblast (estimates based on a European needs-assessment [3])

From: The Yekaterinburg headache initiative: an interventional project, within the Global Campaign against Headache, to reduce the burden of headache in Russia

 

European standard [3]

Requirement in Sverdlovsk Oblast

Level 1

One full-time equivalent (FTE) PCP for every 35,000 of the population

About 120 FTE PCPs

Level 2

One FTE physician per 200,000 people

21 FTE neurologists

Level 3

One FTE specialist per 2,000,000 people

2 FTE headache specialists

  1. FTE full-time equivalent; PCP primary-care physician.