THE ANALYSIS OF VOLUMES OF WORKLOAD IMPLEMENTED BY STOMATOLOGISTS OF STATE MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS

The article presents analysis of volumes, dynamics and structure of workload performed by stomatologists of state medical organizations of the Irkutsk Oblast in 2019-2023. The quantitative assessment of the number of visits of patients to stomatologists is given. And the highest one was established among common stomatologists and pediatric stomatologists. The workload of stomatologists on the basis of one specialist was determined. That permitted to identify different growth rates of these indicators that in some cases had opposite direction. Thus, in pediatric stomatologists against the background of decreasing of the total number of visits in 2019-2023 the workload per one physician increased up to more than 20%. In 2023, the significant scattering in the number of visits of patients to stomatologists per physician in municipalities of the Irkutsk Oblast made up to 10-662% of the Oblast average for general practice stomatologists, up to 18-206% among pediatric stomatologists, 10-403% for dental therapists and 12-233% for dental surgeons. This situation testifies significant differences in the level of workload of stomatologists in the Irkutsk Oblast that increases risk both of decreasing of quality of stomatological services to population and of developing professional burnout among stomatologists working under overload.