Improvement of organization of health care for adult urban population with thyroid cancer
Author: N.S. Andreeva
Reference: Dissertation, Kursk 2004 WAC RF14.00.33
Keywords: development of medical care
Abstract: For today insufficient iodine intake poses a serious threat to the health of 100 million Russians [Troshina EA, 2003]. Special medical and social importance of this problem is determined by the following: iodine deficiency decreases the intellectual and physical development of children, disrupt sexual development in adolescence, and, in women, there is a high rate of complications of pregnancy and childbirth [Santa II et al., 1992; Kasatkina EP, 1997; Scheplyagina LA, 1997]. The situation was exacerbated by the ecological disaster that resulted from the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In the areas affected by the disaster, incidences of various thyroid disorders and, more dangerously, thyroid cancer have sharply increased (in 7,5-15,6 times) [Tallinsky, AP, An-gasTL., 1994, Report AYFEKA, 1995] …
The purpose of the study is to develop evidence-based recommendations for the improvement of the organization of specialized polyclinic and inpatient care for adult population of Kursk with various thyroid diseases.