ABSTRACT
The volume and structure of the diagnostic services and of the medical aid appealability were analyzed for the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow by the example of a stage-2 diagnostic-and-consultative center. The analysis was made on the basis of 80233 receipts of patients for the period of January-April 2003. Three types of patients' flow were defined with respect to the purpose of visit: consultative aid (CA, 17.3%), consultative-and-diagnostic aid (CDA, 16.2%) and diagnostics (D, 66.5%). Differences are shown in the structure of appealability by the classes of diseases (nosological forms of diseases) and according to groups of patients. Consultations are mostly provided in cases of diseases of the endocrine system (20.9%), digestive system (20.2%) blood-circulation system (18.0%) and urogenital system (14.6%). Patients with urogenital disease (31.1%) and with blood-circulation lesions (13.5%) were found to be predominant in the CDA group. The structure of appealability is defined for the classes of diseases, their nosological forms and for medical specialties. It is pointed out that 52.1% of patients visited their general practitioners. Patients visited most often the doctors of the below specialties: oncology--16.1%, endocrinology and cardiology 12.3%, general practitioner--11.5% and gastroenterology--78%. The rate of visits was evaluated for the classes of diseases and medical fields; the estimated distribution of appealability was estimated with respect to the rate of visits. The structure of diagnostic examinations was analyzed by types, purpose, and classes of diseases (nosological forms).
