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Trends in the Morbidity of Pre-school Children Registered in Family Medicine and Primary Pediatrics in Croatia: 1995–2012
Jana Vrbanec
; Health Center Čakovec, Čakovec, Croatia
Kristina Poljski
; Health Center Čakovec, Čakovec, Croatia
Urelija Rodin
; University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, School of Public Health »Andrija [tampar«, Department of Social Medicine and Organization of Health Care, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Primary health care for pre-school children in Croatia is provided by the primary pediatricians (PPs) in urban, or
family doctors (FDs) in rural areas. The main aim of the study was to determine the trends in morbidity as recorded by
FDs, and those recorded by PPs, from 1995–2012. The study was based on the routinely collected, national statistics data
from the Croatian Health Service Yearbooks. The results obtained clearly indicate that there are no differences in the
morbidity patterns registered by FDs and PPs. The average annual number of diagnoses per child, and the most frequently
registered diagnostic groups were almost the same for both services. The number of children under the particular
service was the only difference, with a decreasing trend in family medicine and an increasing in pediatric service. The
national routine health statistics system does not provide enough information to permit a deeper analysis of the childhood
morbidity in two services.
Ključne riječi
pre-school children; morbidity; family medicine; primary pediatrics; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
147537
URI
Datum izdavanja:
29.12.2014.
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