title: [Late hospitalization of patients with acute surgical diseases of the abdominal organs].
abstract: Insufficiently studied problems of late hospitalization of patients with acute surgical diseases of the abdominal organs are discussed from the standpoint of a systemic approach. The mean annual (1982-1986) index of late hospitalization was 1.8 times lower in rural districts of the Rostov region than in urban ones. The level of late hospitalization decreased significantly in towns with a 100,000-150,000 population. The index of late hospitalization was found to increase with the age of the patients. A seasonal pattern of the indices of late hospitalization and a high level of late hospitalization among medical workers were revealed. Study of the patient's medical histories showed factors causing delayed hospitalization. Information collected among the population by means of a questionnaire confirmed insufficient qualification and accessibility of the medical service, which influences essentially the tendency of most of the interrogated persons to temporize or resort to self-treatment when acute, growing pain appears in the abdomen.
authors: Iu D
authors: IuD
authors: Anoshchenko
authors: O E
authors: OE
authors: Chernetskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D012426:Russia; D013997:Time Factors; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Pozdnaia gospitalizatsiia bol'nykh s ostrymi khirurgicheskimi zabolevaniiami organov briushnoĭ polosti.