HIGH-TECH MEDICAL CARE TO CHILDREN RESIDING IN SIBERIAN FEDERAL DISTRICT PROVIDED AT NOVOSIBIRSK RITO

Objective. To analyze delivery of high-tech medical care to child population of Siberian Federal District in Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics over 2007–2012. Material and Methods. The study involved an analysis of 3782 electronic medical records of patients under the age of 17 admitted to and treated at the Novosibirsk RITO in 2007–2012. Results. High-tech medical care delivered by Novosibirsk RITO to children residing in Siberian Federal District comprises 78 to 82 % of the whole its care to children. Availability of high-tech medical care for child population is insufficient to meet current demand. In most cases the outcomes of high-tech medical care provided to children at Novosibirsk RITO are improvement (74.4 %) and recovery (19.8 %). Patients require further rehabilitation to achieve recovery or stabilize the achieved improvement. Only 10.8 % of the operated children are referred to a spa treatment after surgery, what is on the average 35 to 38 % of the demand. Conclusion. The study revealed increased availability of high-tech trauma, orthopedic, and neurosurgical care delivered by Novosibirsk RITO to children residing in Siberian Federal District, though this availability is still insufficient and depending on a place of child’s residence.