The effectiveness of screening program: The Case of Cardiovascular Diseases in Kazakhstan
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Date
2017-12-11
Authors
Tabuldin, Ramazan
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Publisher
Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities
Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are ones of the major death-causing
issues in Kazakhstan which are needed to be solved. Diferent pro-
grams have been implemented in order to reduce the incidence of
CVDs and the screening program is the one of them. The aim of
this research is to identify the e ectiveness of the screening program
through assessing the hospitalization of the patients. After adjust-
ing inclusion and exclusion criteria, the data obtained from polyclinic
#5 of Astana contained medical records of 12 191 people in the age
group of 41-59. Logit regression model analysis was used to nd the
signi cance of the independent variables and its efects. Addition-
ally, average marginal e ects were considered to represent the change
in probability of outcomes. The results show that in
uence of the screening participation is not high enough to conclude that hospital-
ization depends on it. On the other hand, patients that participated
twice in the program had lower chances of being hospitalized.
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Keywords
screening program, Cardiovascular diseases, CVDs
Citation
Ramazan Tabuldin (2017) The effectiveness of screening program: The Case of Cardiovascular Diseases in Kazakhstan. School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Nazarbayev University