[The trends in primary morbidity of adult population of the Russian population during implementation of state programs].

The article presents the results of analysis of indices of primary morbidity of adult population in the Russian Federation during implementation of state programs. The purpose of the study was to study the dynamics of indices of primary morbidity of adult population of Federal districts and subjects of the Russian Federation in 2006-2011 and 2012-2018. The analysis established the subjects of the Russian Federation where the mentioned indices factually remained unchanged or had negative dynamics. Also, the periods of health care reform with positive dynamics of indices of primary morbidity were determined. Besides, reforming process was not always systematic and not all planned tasks were completed that , resulted in significant discrepancies in values of indices of primary morbidity among particular subjects of the Russian Federation. This kind of analysis permits to identify specific directions of improving regional policy in health care.

[The quality of coding medical information as component of system of management of medical activities quality].

The reliable statistical information is undoubtedly an important point in making any management decisions. The main instrument for recording and analyzing health data is international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, 10th revision. The article presents results of study of quality of coding information concerning hospital morbidity and mortality of patients of palliative care department of multidisciplinary hospital.

[Opportunities and Problems of Analysis of Mortality from Myocardial Infarction According to Medical Certificates of Death (on the Example of the Tula Region)].

AIM: to analyze the quality of completion medical certificates of death (MCD) of residents of the Tula region, in which in 2017 acute and subsequent myocardial infarction (MI) was listed as the underlying cause of death (UCD) or as multiple causes of death (MC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: From the electronic database (DB) of MCD of residents of Tula region for 2017 we selected all MSD in which MI was written down irrespective of a section of MCD. A total of 689 MSD (43.8% men and 56.2% women) were analyzed. RESULTS: Mean age of the deceased was 72.6±11.3 years (men 67.25±0.62; women 76.7±9.8; p<0.001). Multimorbid pathology was registered in 31.5% of the deceased. In 77.9% of cases myocardial infarction was selected as the UCD and in 22.1% - as a complication of other diseases. Among registered MI complications were hemotamponade (24.5%), cardiogenic shock (3.6%), ventricular fibrillation (0.3%), heart failure (50.2%). Complications of MI were not listed in 3.9% of MCD. Analysis of MCD showed that their completion did not comply with established ICD-10 rules and recommendations of Ministry of Health of RF; all lines were filled out only in 1% of completed MCD. Also, problems of determining the initial cause of death when myocardial infarction occurred in the presence of multimorbid pathology were revealed. CONCLUSION: Mortality analysis using solely UCD leads to decreasing mortality rates from MI, and unsatisfactory quality of filling the MCD decreases the ability to identify MC, that prevents the correction of priorities in the organization of medical care. The revealed problems of coding causes of death require urgent solutions from the professional community of cardiologists, pathologists, and the Ministry of Health.

[Trends in stroke mortality rates in Russia and the USA over a 15-year period]. / Dinamika pokazatelei smertnosti naseleniia ot ostrogo narusheniia mozgovogo krovoobrashcheniia v Rossii i SShA za 15-letnii period.

AIM: to comparatively analyze standardized mortality ratios (SMR) from stroke in the populations aged over 30 years in the Russian Federation and in the USA over a 15-year period. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The analysis included nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (NTSH) (a group of ICD-10 codes I60), nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage (NTIH) (I61), cerebral infarction (CI) (I63), and stroke, not specified as hemorrhage or infarction (SNSHI) (I64). The new European standard (European Standard Population.2013) was used for standardization. The data of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation, those of the World Health Organization Mortality Database (WHO MD) and Human Mortality Database (HMD) for the USA were applied. RESULTS: During the considered period, 30-49-year-old Russian men showed a reduction in SMRs from NTSH (I61) by 9.0% (from 18.9 to 17.2 per 100,000 population), from SNSHI (I64) by 10 times (from 12.5 to 1.3); SMRs from CI (I63) increased by 4.3% (from 6.9 to 7.2). In men aged 50 years and older, SMRs from NTIH and SNSHI decreased by 32.3% (from 143.2 to 97.0) and by 10 times (from 580.8 to 60.6), respectively; those from CI increased by 13.8% (from 229.8 to 261.4). In the USA, 30-49-year-old men displayed 26.1% and 2-fold decreases in SMRs from NTIH (from 2.5 per 100,000 population in 1999 to 1.7 in 2013) and CI (from 1.8 to 0.9), respectively; those from SNSHI remained unchanged (1.3). In men aged 50 years and older, SMRs from NTIH, CI, and SNSHI reduced by 39.7% (from 29.0 to 17.5), by 2 times (from 1.8 to 0.9), and by 2 times (143.0 to 72.5), respectively. 30-49-year-old Russian women exhibited a 22.2% reduction in SMRs from NTIH (from 9.0 to 7.0), a 4.3% increase in those from CI (from 2.7 to 2.8), and an 11-fold decrease in those from SNSHI (from 5.5 to 0.5). Women aged 50 years and older showed changes in SMRs from the codes in the same sequence from 105.6 to 60.5, from 172.8 to 189.6, and from 466.5 to 43.7, respectively. In the USA, 30-49-year-old women displayed reductions in SMRs from NTIH by 10.0% (from 1.5 to 0.9), from CI by 33.3% (from 0.3 to 0.2), and from SNSHI by 10% (from 1.0 to 0.9). Women aged 50 years and older exhibited changes in SMRs from the codes in the same sequence from 24.0 to 14.8), n those from CI (from 20.6 to 6.7) and from SNSHI (from 6.5 to 10.3). CONCLUSION: In Russia, the reduction in mortality rates from the above causes (which is most significant from that in NTSH may be associated with both medical and socioeconomic factors, including with the improved prevention and organization of medical care. The differences in SMRs between the two countries may be related to the principles in the organization and control of coding of the causes of death.

[Procedure for coding the causes of death in some circulatory system diseases].

The paper deals with the unification of requirements for coding the causes of death in circulatory system diseases, by taking into account the recently updated ICD-10 and the Consensus of the Expert Council Task Force on Pathological Anatomy, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (27 February 2014).

[The order of coding road traffic injuries in accordance with ICD-10 at government forensic medical expertise institutions of the Russian Federation].

The authors describe the order of coding road traffic injuries in accordance with the 10th edition of the International Classification of the Disease (ICD-10) at government forensic medical expertise institutions of the Russian Federation. In addition, they analyse the application of the coding rules and the identification of the primary causes of death with a view to obtaining reliable road traffic accident mortality statistics compatible with the respective internationally available data. Special attention is given to the consideration and recommendation of the rules for making forensic medical diagnosis in accordance with the requirements of ICD-10 and its inclusion in the road traffic death certificates. The authors emphasize the importance of compliance with the rules for formulation of medical death certificates and identification of the cause of the fatal outcome for the reliable calculation of such demographically significant characteristic as road traffic accident mortality.