Impact of the war against Russian military aggression on visits by the adult population to doctors-stomatologists and dentists in health care institutions of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/2786-7684/2025-1-12Keywords:
doctors-stomatologists, dentists, systems of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, visits, war, impactAbstract
Introduction. The war of Ukraine against Russian military aggression has negatively affected the health of the population and the healthcare system. At the same time, hostilities caused a significant migration of the population and a decrease in the level of health-preserving behavior.Objective: to study the impact of the war against Russian military aggression on the level of visits by the adult population to doctors-stomatologists and dentists in health care institutions of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in the context of the regions of the country.Materials and methods. Materials: in the cours of this study the official data of sectoral statistical reporting were used in the dynamics of 2020-2023: 2020, 2021 – pre-war period; 2022, 2023 – the period of war. Statistical data are taken from the territories controlled by Ukraine. Methods: medico-statistical and of structural-and-logical analysis.Results. In 2023, compared to 2020, the number of visits of the adult population to doctors-stomatologists and dentists in health care institutions of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine decreased by 1.57 times and amounted to 7,047,496 visits. The highest levels of decrease were registered in the territory of Luhansk – 151.29 times, Kherson – 5.46 times, Zaporizhzhia – 3.53 times and Donetsk – 2.93 times regions. Per one adult resident, the number of these visits decreased by 1.5 times and amounted to 0.2. The function of the position per one occupied position of a stomatologist tended to decrease and in the industry amounted to 1611.5 appointments. At the same time, the share of primary visits increased by 1.7% and in 2023 amounted to 37.3%.Conclusions. In the course of the undertaken study, the negative impact of the war against Russian military aggression on the level of visits by the adult population to dentists and dentists in health care institutions of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine was established. The highest level of decrease in the adult population's access to medical care to dentists was recorded in the zone of active hostilities and territories close to them.
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