TENDENCIES OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND ACCESSIBILITY OF MEDICAL CARE (according to a sample survey of households with children)

Authors

  • G. A. Slabkiy Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine
  • S. V. Dudnyk Ukrainian Institute of Strategic Researches of Ministry of Public Health of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2018.2.9361

Keywords:

children’s health, accessibility of medical care, tendencies of children’s health, households with children.

Abstract

Purpose: to study, analyze and determine trends of children’s health and accessibility of medical care for households with children based on the results of sample surveys during 2012–2016.

Materials and Methods. The study was conducted on the basis of data from sample surveys of households with children of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on a subjective assessment of the health status of children and accessibility of medical care for households with children for the period 2012–2016. Methods: analytical, statistical, comparative analysis, system approach.

Results. During the study, according to the subjective assessment, tendencies of estimation  the health status of children, the morbidity and presence of chronic pathology among children, the availability of medical care and its types to households with children during the period 2012–2016 were determined.

Сonclusions. The established tendencies of the health status of children and the unsatisfactory level of accessibility of medical care require the optimization of the system of providing medical services and medical-sanitary care for children of the country as a whole.

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2018-09-27

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Slabkiy, G. A., & Dudnyk, S. V. (2018). TENDENCIES OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND ACCESSIBILITY OF MEDICAL CARE (according to a sample survey of households with children). Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (2). https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2018.2.9361

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No. 2 (2018)

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Health of the population:tendencies and forecasts

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