Analysis of morbidity in hospitals

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of morbidity in hospitals and the average length of stay by disease classes and individual nosology in Russia for the period from 2016 to 2021. The aim of the work was to analyze the indicators of morbidity in hospitals among the adult population of Russia for the period 2016-2021. Statistical and analytical research methods were used in the work. The data on the number of discharged adult patients (18 years and older) from medical organizations providing inpatient care as well as on the number of bed-days discharged were used from the federal statistical observation form № 14 'Information about the activities of units of medical organizations providing care in inpatient settings' for 2016-2021. The morbidity in hospitals rate decreased from 205.5 to 196.0 per 1000 people of the corresponding age, the average duration of stay in a hospital bed decreased from 11.7 to 10.6 days. The downward trend in morbidity in hospital is traceable for almost all classes of diseases. Since 2020, due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 and the reprofiling of most hospitals to infectious diseases hospitals, there has been a change in the structure of morbidity in hospital in adult patients by disease class.