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Morbidity Trends Registered in Croatian Family Practice in the Period 1995–2012
Teo Depolo
; Family Practice »Dr. Teo Depolo«, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Ankica Džono-Boban
; Public Health Institute of Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Department for Health Promotion, Dubrovnik, Croatia
John Orsat
; Family Practice »Dr. Orsat John«, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Mario Čurlin
; Family Practice »Dr. Mario ]urlin«, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Sažetak
Monitoring changes and trend of morbidity is important to develop strategies and health care policies. Therefore, this
study was undertaken with the main aim to investigate the overall morbidity trends recorded in Croatian family practice
(FP) in period 1995–2012. The data were collected from the Croatian Health Service Yearbooks, 1995 to 2012. Obtained
results clearly indicated that the number of patients, annually visiting FP was relatively stable while the number of diagnoses
continuously increased, with average 2.1 diagnoses per patients in 1995 to 3.7 diagnoses in 2012. The most often
registered are the groups of respiratory, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases. Although all ICD-groups of diseases
recorded an increase, some groups have more prominent increase: R diagnoses (symptoms and sings), C diagnoses
(malignant), E diagnoses (endocrine and metabolic) and Z diagnoses (other reasons for FP encounter). For deeper understanding
of the changes in the particular diagnoses the further research is needed.
Ključne riječi
morbidity; trends; family practice; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
147521
URI
Datum izdavanja:
29.12.2014.
Posjeta: 692 *