MAIN REASON OF NOT GOING TO DOCTOR IN ARMENIA REMAINS LACK OF FUNDS
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The probability of emergence of need
of medical aid among people aged 20 and above within one year in
Armenia made 30.8%. 74.9% of them applied for receiving professional
medical aid. The main reason of not going to doctor for receiving
medical aid remain financial problems (41.7%), as well as
self-treatment (36.2%). These data are presented in the national report
under the title "Efficiency of Health System’s Activity in Armenia,"
the presentation of which took place on October 19.
As Vladimir Davidian, the Director of the Information-Analytical Center
of the RA National Institute of Health, mentioned, population’s
payments on hand in the hospital link exceed the expenditures being
done by the Ministry almost 3-fold. According to him, in the recent
three years cases of death in hospitals made 1.6%. Cases of death from
vessel diseases of cerebrum and infarct of cardiac muscle are the most
frequent ones.