Population health organizational monitoring technologies in the Russian Federation

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The present stage of modern civilization is characterized as a political, social, economic, and climatological evolution, with which the issue of effective functioning of the health system, population health status study and analysis, and ensuring control and management of the processes of public health formation is acute. This task can be conducted only within the framework of population health monitoring measures. AIMS: The study aimed to analyze the organizational technology for monitoring population health in the Russian Federation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data of expert assessments of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on the Family of International Classifications of Information Coding Quality and the results of the discussion at conferences on the problems of population health monitoring were used. RESULTS: The organization of systemic monitoring as a method of managing public health should include the definition of a set of informative monitoring parameters, as well as clear mechanisms for collecting and analyzing data. Additional parameters shall be possible if necessary. CONCLUSION: Monitoring should be based on a family of international classifications, but derived classifications should be developed and used as a link between statistical and clinical classifications. The organization of systemic monitoring as a method of managing public health should include the definition of a set of informative monitoring parameters, as well as clear mechanisms for collecting and analyzing data, with possible additional parameters if necessary.