title: [Medical care in Upper Wallis yesterday and today. II. Change in medical supply in the last 60 years in Upper Wallis].
abstract: From 1930 to 1989 the number of practising physicians in the Upper Wallis increased from 17 to 81, that of specialists from 2 to 36. Until 1920 the ratio was one physician per 3000, in 1930 one per 2300, and in 1989 one per 848 inhabitants. Between 1970 and 1980 the number of doctors rose markedly such that the tributary valleys and villages in the higher regions obtained better health care whereas specialists settled in the main towns Brig and Visp.
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authors: Feitknecht-Gallati
mesh_terms: D006295:Health Resources; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D012424:Rural Population; D013038:Specialization; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Die medizinische Versorgung des Oberwallis gestern und heute. II. Anderung des medizinischen Angebots in den letzten 60 Jahren im Oberwallis.