DYNAMICS IN HEALTH STATUS OF URBAN POPULATION OF THE OLDER RETIREMENT AGE AND INCIDENCE RATE OF THEIR OUTPATIENT VISITS IN 2011-2020

Abstract

Increase in chronic pathology with age and polymorbidity that is characteristic of the elderly, increase the cost of diagnosis and treatment, both for the healthcare system and individual patients. Therefore, analysis of health status of population of the older retirement age and incidence rate of their outpatient visits is relevant and beyond any doubt. Purpose of the study: To analyze dynamics in health status of urban population of the older retirement age and incidence rate of their outpatient visits in 2011-2020 based on the data analysis on outpatient visits in 2011-2020. Material and methods. Materials of state statistics and summary form of the state statistical observation No. 12 for the city of Krasnoyarsk in 2011-2020 were used as sources of information. The analysis used absolute and relative values, ratio coefficients, dynamic series indicators and their growth rates (loss). Results. The analysis showed increased share of people of the older retirement age in the total adult population, resulting in their increased share in the structure of medical care seeking by adults. There is a decrease in the crude disease incidence by 21.1% and previously diagnosed diseases by 30.2% against the background of the decreased rate of disease chronicity from 4.4 to 2.6. The incidence rate of outpatient visits shows that the share of people of the older retirement age uptakes 1.5 times more outpatient services compared to people of working age. Conclusion: Increased incidence rate of outpatient visits by people of the older retirement age is accounted for by their increased share in the total structure of the adult population; decreased crud incidence among people of the older retirement age was due to a 30.2% decline in the rate of previously diagnosed diseases; growth rates of disease incidence among people of the older retirement age and working age population are similar, 19.2% and 19.9 %, respectively; there is a decrease in the coefficient of disease chronicity among people of the older retirement age from 4.4 in 2011 to 2.6 in 2020, while the coefficient of the degree of chronicity of patients has not changed; on average, the share of people of the older retirement age uptakes 1.5 times more outpatient services compared to the similar share of people of working age.