SWOT-ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING ONCOHEMATOLOGICAL CARE DURING THE RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE

Authors

  • N. О. Rynhach M. Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • U. I. Melnyk Communal non profit enterrprise “Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 9”, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • S. V. Prymak State Institution “Institute of Blood Patohology and Transfusion Medicine of National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”, Lviv, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2022.3.13432

Keywords:

SWOT-analysis, oncohematological care, military aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine

Abstract

Purpose: to analyze the process of providing oncohematological care in the conditions of Russian aggression in Ukraine (on the example of the hematological department of the Kyiv City Clinical Hospital  No. 9).

Materials and Methods. Statistical analysis according to the State Statistics Service and the National Cancer Registry of Ukraine (2020, 2021), SWOT analysis.

Results. The military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine caused a disruption in the process of providing medical services and supply chains, which had a negative impact on the situation with oncohematological diseases.

Factors influencing the process of providing inpatient oncohematological care in the context of Russian aggression in Ukraine identified and classified. Strengths (highly qualified and motivated team; experience of foreign internships and participation in international clinical trials; interaction practice and established professional contacts, etc), weaknesses (functioning with a smaller number of employees, increased workload; decrease in participation in international clinical trials; complicating the search for non-family donors and limiting the functioning of the registry, etc) shown. Opportunities (continuity of financing, assistance of the municipality; continuity of financing, assistance of the municipality; blood donation and activity of the Kyiv City Blood Center; volunteer assistance; availability of online trainings) and threats (providing medical care in life-threatening conditions; lack of medicines, reagents and equipment; limitations of laboratory diagnostics; adverse environmental factors, stress) highlighted.

Conclusion. Awareness of a number of strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and obstacles is necessary to organize adequate needs for medical care in difficult martial law and operational management in conditions of uncertainty and change.

Author Biographies

N. О. Rynhach, M. Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

DM (Public administration), professor, chief researcher of the M.V. Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

U. I. Melnyk, Communal non profit enterrprise “Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 9”, Kyiv, Ukraine

Head of the hematology department No. 1 of the communal non-profit enterprise "Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 9"

S. V. Prymak, State Institution “Institute of Blood Patohology and Transfusion Medicine of National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”, Lviv, Ukraine

PhD (Medicine), senior researcher at the hematology department of the State Institution "Institute of Blood Pathology and Transfusion Medicine of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine"

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2023-01-05

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Rynhach N. О., Melnyk, U. I., & Prymak, S. V. (2023). SWOT-ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING ONCOHEMATOLOGICAL CARE DURING THE RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE . Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (3), 22–28. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2022.3.13432

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No. 3 (2022)

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Organization of medical care

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