Professional paper
EQUIPMENT OF MATERNITY HOSPITALS IN REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IN THE YEAR 2003 Obstetrics
Krunoslav Kuna
Ante Dražančić
Mislav Herman
Abstract
The number of beds in 29 hospital and 7 out-hospital maternity wards, regional distribution of Ob/Gyn specialists and the number of CTG and US machines were analyzed. The data were analyzed according to the number of inhabitants in total and in 8 regions of the country. There is evident lack of beds for puerperal and pregnant patients in the Zagreb region, and lack of beds for pregnant patients in Dalmatia region. In Croatia there are 563 active Ob/Gyn specialists¬, i.e. 12.6 per 100000 of population; there are 285 Ob/Gyn hospital specialists, 170 out-hospital specialists with a contract with Croatian Institute for Health Insurance and 108 private Ob/Gyn specialists. At the moment the equipment of maternity¬ wards satisfies, but it should be renewed regularly.
Keywords
maternity wards; equipment; personnel
Hrčak ID:
15607
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2004.
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