The creation of competence centers (using the example of the organization of outpatient cancer care centers) in the public health system: The experience of Moscow

   The large-scale transformation of the capital’s healthcare system included the creation of competence centers to provide citizens with affordable and high-quality medical care in the most popular fields, including oncology. To provide medical care to patients with neoplasms in a full cycle, outpatient cancer care centers were included in the structure of cancer centers.

   Aim. To analyze Moscow’s experience in launching competence centers using the example of creating outpatient cancer care centers.

   Materials and methods. In the course of the research, a content analysis of literary data and regulatory legal acts of the Moscow Healthcare Department was used. The analysis of indicators of primary morbidity of the entire population (A00-T98) and by class of neoplasm (C00-D48) in Russia as a whole, the Central Federal District according to Rosstat and Moscow. A sociological method was used in the form of a survey and questionnaire of patients.

   Results. The number of all registered diseases in the medical organizations of the Moscow Healthcare Department in 2022 amounted to 752.4 cases per 1000 population, which is lower than in Russia and the Central Federal District. The number of registered malignant neoplasms in 2022 was 12.0 cases per 1000 population, which is higher than the average for Russia and the Central Federal District. In Moscow, in 2022, for the first time, 65 % of patients with malignant neoplasms detected at stages I and II were registered at the dispensary. The proportion of patients registered for 5 years or more in 2022 was 58.7 %.

   Conclusion. At the moment, the system of organization of oncological care is a set of structures that combine all stages of care: from diagnosis to follow-up. Monitoring of diagnostic and treatment results at the level of the patient and the entire organization as a whole is carried out continuously and is the basis for evaluating the achievement of performance indicators.

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