Each health center in the intervention group received a mailed report with their own baseline registrations as part of the implementation strategy.
Anyone living in a municipality can seek care for any health problem at the local health center.
A possible explanation could be that the doctors could have become familiar with these common diseases in the health center before this study began.
At present, coverage under this new health center-based model reaches more than 60% of the population.
Everyone born in or after 1956 is entitled to dental care provided either by a health center or a private dentist.
Each commune is served by one health center, staffed by five community health workers.
Until 1993, health center services were basically free.
All patient identification data were deleted from the photocopies in the health center.
