[The accessibility of oncologic medical care in the Russian Federation in context of radiotherapy: The last years analysis].

Abstract

The accessibility of medical care plays important role in ensuring basic human needs and means unimpeded access to all services in national health care system. It is conditioned by: balance of necessary volumes of medical care of population, national medical and financial resources, availability and qualification of medical personnel, rendering of necessary types of medical care in territories, possibility of patient free choice of physician in charge and medical organization, available transport possibilities, level of public education on health promotion and diseases prevention. The availability of radiotherapy, as an integral part of oncological care, is determined by possibility of its timely delivery to all patients and is conditioned by total number of oncological centers equipped with radiotherapy equipment and qualified specialists. In this regard, availability of radiotherapy treatment is gradually introduced into priority state programs of health care modernization. The timely delivery of radiotherapy associated with increasing of numbers of oncology centers, improvement of their equipment and medical personnel staffing is crucial part of development strategy of state oncological care programs.