Open AccessCHARACTERISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL INDICES OF THE DISABILITY OF ELDERLY AND SENILE PEOPLE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN DYNAMICS
Author(s) -
Vasiliy M. Grinin,
Гринин Василий Михайлович,
E. I. Shestemirova,
Шестемирова Э. И
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
mediko-socialʹnaâ èkspertisa i reabilitaciâ/mediko-socialʹnaâ èkspertiza i reabilitaciâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-2092
pISSN - 1560-9537
DOI - 10.18821/1560-9537-2017-20-4-195-200
Subject(s) - russian federation , elderly people , relevance (law) , gerontology , population , population ageing , psychology , demography , medicine , sociology , political science , regional science , law
To date, the problem of disability, as well as the problem of the aging of the population has not lost its relevance, not only in Russia but also worldwide. So far with the aim of the analysis of the representation of data of disability in elderly persons in the period from 2012 to 2016 there was studied by the official annual statistics on the level of morbidity and disability in the elderly population of the Russian Federation over the past 4 years. In the course of the study there were identified features of these indices with primary disability in persons of the advanced age in Russia, according to the data of Bureau of Health Sociology Examination (BMSE), characterizing the medical and social significance of the problem, which demonstrates the need for changes in the health care organization under consideration of the contingent of the population.