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EFFECT OF URBANIZATION ON DENSITY OF THE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS, AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY AND MORTALITY FROM THE
Tatiana A Vezhnovets1, Vira Yu Vozniuk1, Vitalyi G Gurianov1
1BOGOMOLETS NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, KYIV, UKRAINE.
Objective:
The aim: Comparative analysis of average life expectancy, mortality from diseases of the circulatory system, gross regional product, and density of general practitioners in regions with different levels of urbanization.
Patients And Methods:
Materials and methods: We compared the following characteristics of groups classified by level of urbanization: average density of general practitioners per 10,000, average life expectancy and mortality from diseases of the circulatory system per 1,000, average gross regional product per 1 person.
Results:
Results: The groups did not differ in average life expectancy. The highest rate of mortality from diseases of the circulatory system- in the group with average level of urbanization, the lowest- in the group with low level of urbanization (p<0.05). The highest value of gross regional product per person is in the group with high level of urbanization, and the lowest is in the group with low level (p<0.05). The lowest density of primary care doctors per 10,000 is in the group with high level of urbanization, and the highest is in the group with low level of urbanization (p<0.05).
Conclusion:
Conclusions: When planning staffing of health care institutions, it is necessary to take into account the level of urbanization of the region and ensure status of the general practitioner as a leading medical specialist responsible for medical care during the first meeting with the patient and his subsequent follow-up.
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