Providing reformed healthcare institutions with medical devices during the war against russian military aggression

Abstract

Purpose: to study and assess the level of provision of health care institutions created in the course of reforming the health care system with medical devices to provide medical care to the population during the war against Russian military aggression. Materials and methods. Materials: results of a sociological study among 38 health care organizers, 37 heads of departments and 32 practicing physicians of newly established health care institutions from different regions of Ukraine. The study was conducted in November – December 2024. Methods: bibliosemantic, sociological, medico-statistical, of structural-and-logical analysis. During the study, the confidentiality of information about respondents was preserved. Results. It was found in the course of the study that in super-cluster health care institutions, the level of provision of health care facilities with medical devices, which fully meets the need for laboratory diagnostics is 62.5 %, functional diagnostics 66.6 %, radiation diagnostics 50.0 % and the need for therapeutic 62.5 % and rehabilitation 37.5 % of processes. In cluster health care institutions, the level of provision of health care institutions with medical devices, which fully meets the need for laboratory diagnostics, is 52.6 %, functional diagnostics 56.1 %, radiation diagnostics 52.6 % and the need for therapeutic 77.2 % and rehabilitation 33.3 % processes. In general health care institutions, the level of provision of health care facilities with medical devices, which fully meets the need for laboratory diagnostics is 26.9 %, functional diagnostics 73.1 %, radiation diagnostics 57.7 %, and the need for therapeutic 77.2 % and rehabilitation 26.9 % processes. At the same time, it was established that in health care institutions located in the zone of active hostilities, the level of provision with medical devices that does not meet the minimum need for diagnostic examination of patients and composes in: laboratory diagnostics – 16.7 %, functional diagnostics – 12.5 %, radiation diagnostics – 20.8 %. Conclusions. The level of provision of reformed healthcare institutions with medical devices during the war against Russian military aggression is insufficient, especially in the zone of active hostilities, which requires determining the optimal medical routes for patients to ensure medical care of the required quality.