PROVISION OF HIGH-TECH CARDIOVASCULAR CARE TO RESIDENTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION REGIONS IN 2021
Authors: Golukhova Elena Z. , Semenov Vladimir Yu. , Milievskaya Elena B. , Pryanishnikov Valentin V. 
Published: June 2023

Highlights:

The article presents data on the availability of various types of high-tech cardiovascular care services to residents of subjects of the Russian Federation. The authors used original methodology based on the data of the Healthcare Administration of the subjects of the Russian Federation. The obtained data were compared with the data from the Federal Tax Service Office No. 12, and 14, demographic and socio-economic indicators of the subjects of the Russian Federation. The results of the analysis open up new opportunities for studying the causes of pronounced differences in the provision of high-tech cardiovascular care to the population of the country's regions and taking appropriate regulatory measures, thus contributing to practical healthcare.

 

Aim. To analyze the provision of high-tech cardiovascular care (HTCC) to residents of the Russian Federation regions in 2021 taking into account social and economic factors.

Methods. The data from the original form designed in A.N. Bakulev National Medical Research Center of Cardiovascular Surgery containing information on the number of patients who underwent cardiovascular surgeries were compared with the data from the Federal Tax Service Office follow-up forms No.12 and No.14, taking into account demographic and social-economic factors of the RF regions according to the Federal Service of State Statistics. 74 regions were included into the analysis. The following methods of univariate statistics were used: Spearman’s and Kendall’s rank correlation, measures of central tendency and variance were calculated. Intergroup comparison was carried out using Mann-Whitney two-tailed test and Kruskall-Wallis one-way analysis of variance.

Results. The mean provision of HTCC included in the Section I of the Free Health Care Policies for Citizens (HTCC-1) was 1910 surgeries per 1 million population, provision of HTCC included in the Section II (HTCC-2) – was 789.5, respectively. We have noted the negative correlation between the amount of HTCC -1 and HTCC -2 surgeries and hypertension mortality (p = 0.034). The mortality from other acute CAD correlated negatively with the provision of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG, p = 0.034). The authors also noted the negative correlation between the provision of HTCC -2 surgeries and circulatory diseases (CD) overall incidence (p = 0.032), primary CD incidence (p = 0.014), CAD overall incidence (p = 0.034) and more. The region’s economic development level influenced the provision of HTCC -2 surgeries. The positive correlation coefficients were obtained for per capita income (p = 0.004), median per capita income (p = 0.002), real amount of granted pensions (p = 0.003) and other parameters. The number of CABG per 1 million and life expectancy was higher in the RF regions where CABG was performed locally compared to the regions that did not provide cardiovascular care (205.82 vs 165.55 and 69.49 vs 68.64).

Conclusion. The indicators of HTCC-1 and HTCC-2 provision in the RF regions differed by 8.4 and 9.2 times, respectively; the indicators of provision of surgeries by 14.7 and 201.9 times. Providing residents of the RF regions with cardiovascular surgeries is influenced by a number of factors among which we highlight the availability of this type of treatment in the region, regional economic resources to co-finance HTCC -2 treatment, population`s compliance with the surgical treatment safety checklist.