The nosologic structure and rate of hospitalization in third level ophthalmologic center

Abstract

To investigate nosologic structure and hospitalization rate in the National Center of Ophthalmology depending on accessibility of ophthalmologic care in the regions. The data of hospitalization in the National Center of Ophthalmology in December 2019 was used (12 882 cases of in-patient treatment). The patients were allocated in groups according to living addresses considering degree of accessibility of primary and secondary ophthalmologic care (residents of Baku; cities of the Republican subordination (Ganja, Sumgayit, Mingachevir, Shirvan); district centers; rural settlements). The predominant cause of hospitalization is associated with cataract (39.43%), percentage of remaining causes of hospitalization is less than 10%. Among the causes of hospitalization in all groups of settlements the first place is for cataract. But percentage of this pathology is relatively low among residents of Baku (37.00±0.69%) and cities of the Republican subordination (37.5 ±1.88%). The corresponding indices are significantly higher (p≤0.05) among residents of rural settlements (39.40±0.68%) and district centers (45.09±1.03%). In the nosologic structure of the causes of hospitalization in third level ophthalmologic center dominate cataract (39.43%), retinal detachment with ruptured retina (8.65%), eye and retinal injuries (6.22%). The nosologic structure of causes and rate of hospitalization in third level ophthalmologic center depends on accessibility of primary and secondary ophthalmologic medical care to population. The residents of Baku, where the tertiary ophthalmologic center is located, (223.23±3.20) are hospitalized up to 1.6 times more often as compared with residents of other regions (≤131.71±2.74). The residents of cities of the Republican subordination with developed ophthalmologic care of primary and secondary level are hospitalized less (84.0±3.26).