The impact of health care on premature mortality of population

Journal: Problemy Sotsial'noi Gigieny, Zdravookhraneniia I Istorii Meditsiny
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Abstract

The comparative analysis of population mortality in Tverskaya oblast in 1996 and 2008 is presented. The results revealed the increase of population losses due to the premature mortality. Based on the discovered patterns and characteristics of population mortality indicators the evaluation of medical organizational factors impact on population mortality in Tverskaya oblast is presented. The controllable factors impacting the formation of mortality level due to factual causes of death are determined. In particular, in studying the factors impacting the premature mortality the expertise technique was applied to evaluate the tactics of implemented medical treatment, the causes entailed the premature death and the possibility to prevent the terminal outcome. The study results can be largely applied in the activities of health authorities and medical institutions related to the development of target programs of decreasing the preventable population mortality including specific causes of death in various subjects of the Russian Federation. The territorial characteristics of health care network and resource supply of health system in particular region are taken into account.

Authors
Saĭed Kamruzzaman