Articles with tag: «availability of otorhinolaryngological care for children»
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2023 № 12 Opinion of the parent community on the availability of pediatric otorhinolaryngological care.
The prevalence of ENT diseases in the pediatric population remains an urgent problem in practical pediatrics, otorhinolaryngology and healthcare, which is associated with their high level of occurrence in all age groups of children and the frequent development of various complications. One of the prerequisites for solving this problem is to ensure the availability of otorhinolaryngological care for children in primary health care.
The purpose of the study was to study the opinion of the parent community on the availability of otorhinolaryngological care for children aged 0 to 14 years.
Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of state children’s clinics and private children’s ENT offices in the city of Ramenskoye, Moscow region in 2023; A survey of parents of children aged 0–14 years was conducted (1200 respondents). Statistical processing of the material involved processing and creating a database in electronic tables.
The results and conclusions of the analysis of a survey of the parent community showed that the general priority areas for increasing the availability of care for children for public and private health care systems are improving the organization of care, overcoming the obstacles of geographic remoteness of health care facilities, improving the level of medical information for patients, developing telemedicine technologies and the availability of allied health care specialists.