[On particular factors affecting demand in emergency medical care].
Comparative description of two groups of population--seeking and not seeking emergency medical care--is presented. To demonstrate dynamics of appealability for particular types of medical care official statistics data from 1999 to 2003 was used. To explore characteristics of health and self-care behavior in population seeking medical care data of survey carried out during 1999-2000 on various national territories was applied. In respondents seeking out-patient and in-patient care during a year demand in emergency medical care was higher in men than in women. In both genders this demand increases successively with age whereas contingent of persons who evaded extreme deterioration of health during a year reaches its maximum at the age of 30-49. More direct involvement of patient care institutions is needed with such patients as males, older people, indigent and least educated persons who are much less than others inclined and capable to obtain completeness and effectiveness of one's diagnostic and treatment.
Maksimova
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Belov
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Rogovina
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D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia; D017678:Sex Distribution