Professional paper
A Role of Croatian Family Doctors in the Provision of Women’s Health Care: A Study Based on Routinely Collected Data
Miro Benčić
orcid.org/0000-0003-1631-906X
; Health Centre of the Zagreb-County, Family Practice Brdovec, Zaprešić, Croatia
Renata Pavlov
orcid.org/0000-0001-6509-4907
; Family Practice »Dr. Renata Pavlov«, Zagreb, Croatia
Mladenka Vrcić Keglević
; Foundation for the Development of Family Medicine in Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate how often Croatian FDs are involved in the provision of women’s health, having
in mind that women’s health is primarily organized by the gynecological service. Only the data related to women’s
health were collected from the Croatian health statistical yearbooks from 1995 to 2012, in which ICD X was used. Results
showed that total number of diagnoses are increasing. The greatest increase is observed in the category named as other
diseases of female organs, then diagnoses related to the pregnancy, delivery and postpartum and malignant diseases, especially,
breast cancer. Contrary, number of menopausal disorders continuing decreased. Diagnoses related to family
planning (Z30) are relative small in amount and stabile. Results indicated that policy makers should take in account
readiness of FDs to be involved in the provision of women’s health.
Keywords
family medicine; women health care; primary health care; gynecological service; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
147557
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2014.
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