Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова (Aug 2019)

ASSESSMENT OF THE AVAILABILITY OF CT AND MRI STUDIES FOR CANCER PATIENTS IN SAINT-PETERSBURG

  • Valeria N. Pospelova,
  • Boris A. Minko,
  • Svetlana M. Gelbutovskaya,
  • Egor A. Strogonov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24884/1607-4181-2019-26-1-29-34
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 1
pp. 29 – 34

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Introduction. The fundamental strategic objective of the national health care was to increase the life expectancy of Russians including the early detection and treatment of cancer, remaining in recent years the leading cause of mortality, and therefore ensuring the availability of diagnostic studies for patients conducted for early diagnosis and control of treatment was extremely urgent. The objective of the study was to assess the volume and economic indicators of the availability of studies by computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (CT, MRI) for patients.Material and methods. The basis for the study – all cases of CT and MRI studies in patients under the program of state guarantees of free medical care for citizens in St. Petersburg in the dynamics of 5 years. The data were statistically processed using the methods of variation statistics.Results. Over the last 5 years in St. Petersburg, the number of medical organizations conducting CT and MRI in patients under the program of state guarantees has been doubled (CT: 37 medical organizations in 2013, 63 – in 2018; MRI: 32 medical organizations in 2013, 65 – in 2018), and there was a significant increase in the number of studies by these methods. In 2017, the number of CT scans was 106028, MRI – 107503 that was more than 2 times higher the number of studies conducted in 2013: 44799 and 56090, respectively. The role of these studies for the diagnosis of tumor process was significant: 67.3 % of CT and 46.6 % of MRI were performed for this purpose. The increase in the number of studies was accompanied by the increase in tariffs and costs of the system of compulsory health insurance for their implementation.Conclusion. In St. Petersburg, sufficient conditions was created to ensure the volume and financial indicators of access to medical care for patients with cancer (suspected cancer) in need of CT and MRI. At following planning for the development of this type of care, it was advisable to take into account the research needs of residents of certain districts in St. Petersburg.

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