ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH CARE

Abstract

Sociological research is an important tool for assessing the social effectiveness of medical care, it allows you to analyze the quality of the organization of medical care and social satisfaction of consumers. This study is an analysis of the results of "Selective observation of the quality and availability of services in education, health and social services, employment promotion." This statistical observation has several advantages: complex procedure for forming a sample, coverage of the population in all constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including urban and rural population, ensure that the data is representative, and allow for complex analysis in the dynamics. As a result of sociological surveys of the population of the Russian Federation in 2015, 2017, 2019, it was determined that the share of respondents satisfied with the work of health center and diagnostic services remains low (less than half of the respondents). When interviewing respondents, the reasons for dissatisfaction with the work of the health center were highlighted, the “leader” among which is “the length of waiting in queues”. Moreover, the share of respondents who choose “the work of medical specialist” and “the lack of necessary equipment and drugs” as negative aspects in the provision of medical care on an outpatient basis is increasing. About half of the respondents are satisfied with the comfort of their stay, the availability of drugs and modern equipment in the hospital. Analysis of the main negative phenomena observed in the provision of medical care to the population made it possible to determine the leading trends, which remain the high cost of drugs and an increase in the volume of paid medical care. More than half of respondents noted a decline in the quality of medical services, insufficient equipment of health center and hospitals.