THE STATUS OF THE SERVICE OF MEDICAL STATISTICS ACCORDING TO THE STAFF SURVEY RESULTS

• Published in: Problemy sotsial'noi gigieny, zdravookhraneniia i istorii meditsiny Vol. 31; no. Special Issue 2; p. 1243
• Main Authors: Kamynina, N N, Brazhnikov, A Yu, Shakhova, N V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 01.10.2023
• Subjects: medical statistics; survey; job satisfaction; opinion analysis
• ISSN: 0869-866X
• DOI: 10.32687/0869-866X-2023-31-s2-1243-1247

The Medical Statistics Service plays an important role in providing a medical organization with timely, high-quality statistical information. Therefore, it is important to study the opinions of specialists on the organization of this work. To analyze the opinions of the staff of departments (offices) of medical statistics on the current work organization. A survey was conducted among employees of the departments (offices) of medical statistics of the Moscow inpatient facilities. The survey results are presented as a frequency (in percent) of the choice of the answer options with a 95% confidence interval. Frequency confidence intervals were calculated using the EpiInfo 7 program. A total of 103 employees of the departments of medical statistics of the Moscow inpatient facilities took part in the survey. The majority of the respondents has a 20-year experience or more (29.1%). 61.3% of the heads of the departments of medical statistics, 70.4% of the doctors-statisticians and 74.2% of the medical statisticians stated a lack of a qualification category. The majority of the respondents were positive in their evaluation of the work organization of the medical statistics service (79.6%). The significance (importance) of the medical statistics service is unconditionally understood by 86.4% of the respondents. The respondents demonstrated a high degree of job satisfaction and work environment (10 scores out of 10). The study has identified a fairly positive attitude of the respondents towards their work, and the medical statistics service in general. However, the results obtained have also raised new questions, in particular, why specialists in this area do not have qualification categories, why they are not satisfied with the possibility of career growth, etc.