MONITORING OF MEDICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE IN CASE OF THORACIC PATHOLOGY
The article presents the results of medical and sociological study of the quality of medical care of thoracic pathology patients. There were studied 631 fatal cases in patients with thoracic pathology from the position of health care management. The main causes of death in patients with thoracic pathology were: late hospitalization of patients (31,2%), factors resulting from the nature of injury, disease progression, presence of concomitant somatic pathology (29,6%), medical errors (17%) of diagnostic, tactical and technical nature; inadequate treatment of diseased and injured patients with thoracic pathology (16,2%). Postoperative complications which resulted in death made up 6%.