Open AccessLetter to the Editor. Vol. 70, No. 2 (1989)
Author(s) -
A. M. Mustafin
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj99967
Subject(s) - harm , health care , elderly people , gerontology , medicine , population , psychology , family medicine , social psychology , political science , law , environmental health
People of elderly and senile age account for 14% of the population in Kazan, they account for up to 60% of outpatient visits. However, even these figures do not give a complete picture of the level of morbidity of this contingent, because some of them, even in severe cases, do not go to the doctor, considering their condition normal for their age or incurable. This is often confirmed by doctors, trying in some way to justify the lack of a positive therapeutic effect and thereby causing irreparable harm to the patient. If we consider that the proportion of older age groups is currently growing, we can assume that in the near future healthcare will have to address the acute problems associated with health care for the elderly and seniors. Many of them are already overdue.