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2023 № 12 Asessment of healthcare workers’ perceptions on the effectiveness of medical care in the profile of psychiatry in the Moscow region.
Relevance. The reorganization and modernization of the psychiatric service in Moscow (from 2010) and in Moscow region (from 2021) was carried out. The reforms were carried out in accordance with WHO regulations and consisted in reducing the medical care provided in a hospital setting and expanding the outpatient link.
Aim. Asessing the perceptions of employees on the effectiveness of providing assistance in the profile of “psychiatry” in the Moscow region after its restructuring.
Methods. An anonymous survey of employees of the psychiatric service in the Moscow region was conducted regarding the transformations carried out (N=236).
Results and discussions. The reforms have been positively assessed by the healthcare workers interviewed. According to them, the provision and equipment of clinics with modern examination methods and equipment has improved. The reorganization has led to a better quality of medical care and accessibility at the local level, the number of beds in day hospitals has increased and the conditions of patients’ stay in medical organizations improved. Existing protocols for the provision of mental health services to the public need to be regularly updated, as most respondents indicated. Also, as mentioned by interviewees, both the psychiatric care service as a whole and psychiatric care in a hospital separately needed an increase in funding. In the course of the study, respondents noted that further modernization of the psychiatric service should primarily be carried out in the following areas: unification into a single complex of a psychoneurological dispensary and a psychiatric hospital, expansion of the volume of outpatient care, development and improvement of coordination between general somatic care and help in the “psychiatry” profile, development of medical care based on general somatic hospitals.
Conclusion. The majority of respondents positively assessed the reforms carried out in the Moscow region in the field of assistance in the profile of “psychiatry”. Further modernization of the psychiatric service should include the development and improvement of coordination between general somatic care and assistance in the “psychiatry” profile, the expansion of the volume of outpatient care, the best use of resources based on the needs of the population.