Analysis of indicators of medical care of primary children’s healthcare organizations

The aim of the study is to assess the state of primary health care for the child population in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation supervised by the National Medical Research Center of Children’s Health, and to develop proposals for its further improvement.
Materials and methods. The sources of information were specially designed passports of the regions and statistical data of the Federal State Statistics Service. The provision, staffing of primary health care with pediatricians, district pediatricians and pediatric surgeons, their qualifications and the coefficient of combination, as well as the proportion of visits by children to medical organizations for preventive purposes and the proportion of children taken under dispensary observation were assessed.
Results. Problems were identified in the organization of primary health care for the child population, concerning, first of all, staffing – a low level of pediatricians, district pediatricians and pediatric surgeons, which determined the insufficient staffing and high combination (having more than one job) coefficient of doctors of this profile. A significant part of the territories did not reach the planned level of the proportion of visits by children to medical organizations for preventive purposes and the proportion of children taken under dispensary observation, both in general and for certain classes of diseases (musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, circulatory, endocrine system and eye).
Conclusion. Proposals for further improving the organization of primary health care are aimed at improving the personnel situation (targeted training of doctors taking into account the needs of the region, monitoring their qualification level improvement, social support) and improving the quality of organization and conducting preventive medical examinations of the child population.

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