The State of Health of the Working Age Population and the Effectiveness of the Health Care System in Ukraine
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Purpose of the work: to give characteristics of the state of health of the working age population and of the effectiveness of the health care system in Ukraine. Materials and methods. The statistical indicators of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, the Statistics Centre of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the Insurance Fund of Ukraine, Scientific Reports of the Kundiiev Institute of Occupational Health of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine over the last decade were used. Results. According to demographic indicators, prevalence and morbidity of the working age population by main classes of diseases, including occupational diseases and traumatism, have a negative trend in recent years. Conclusions. Over the past decade, indicators of diseases of the circulatory, respiratory, musculoskeletal, digestive, genitourinary and nervous systems, injuries, poisonings, and some other consequences of the effect of external factors, prevalence of diseases of Classes "Neoplasms" and "Mental and behavioral disorders", indicate deterioration of the health of the working age population.There is a significant prevalence among the working population of socially dangerous infectious diseases, namely tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, as well as bad habits (alcoholism, smoking, drug addiction, hypodynamia), which leads to the development of various types of somatic pathology. Today, administrative legislation in the health care system needs to be substantially revised, especially in view of harmonization of the regulatory framework with European legislation.
Source: Україна Здоров’я нації
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4367336404