[Study of the demand for hospital rheumocardiological service among the elderly population of Gabrovo District].
The author presents the results from the one-year follow-up on the realized hospitalization and the additionally necessary ones, according to the expert assessment in case of diseases of circulation and blood organs and movement, being within the scope of the rheumocardiological attendance. He established that on the occasion of those diseases, a total of 4,19 cases of hospitalizations were realized in the various health institutions with 144.9 bed-days per 1000 population at the rheumocardiological departments and that Cabrovo district needs 75 rheumocardiological beds for the citizens over 14 years of age. Two variants are propsed for the distribution of the necessary beds according to levels of medical attendance. Preference is given to the second variant, according to which the distribution of the necessary 0.42 rheumocardiological beds per 1000 population could be at two levels (district level--0.4 0/00 and national level--0,012 0/00). The indices established for the needs could serve as a base for the elaboration of standards for the hospital rheumocardiological attendance.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002031:Bulgaria; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006285:Health Planning; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000628:therapy*
Prouchvane na potrebnostite ot statsionarna revmokardiologichna pomosht na vuzrastnoto naselenie ot Gabrovski okrug.