Publications by authors named "Mozgis D"
This analysis of the Latvian health system reviews recent developments in organization and governance, health financing, health care provision, health reforms and health system performance. After regaining independence in 1991, Latvia experimented with a social health insurance type system. However, to overcome decentralization and fragmentation of the system, the National Health Service (NHS) was established in 2011 with universal population coverage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The aim of this study was to compare the use of antibiotics among hospitalised children in Riga (Latvia) and in Vilnius (Lithuania) at two tertiary paediatric centres.
Methods: A point prevalence survey (PPS) was conducted using validated and standardised Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children (ARPEC) project methodology during November 2012. All inpatients less than 18 years old were included in the study.
Background: Medicines used in neonates contain different excipients, which may not be safe in this age group.
Objective: To analyse the frequency at which hospitalised neonates are exposed to harmful excipients (HEs) and to identify substitution possibilities for medicines containing HEs.
Materials And Methods: Retrospective, observational study at a university paediatric hospital from 1 September 2015 till 29 February 2016.
Many pediatric patients have been treated with antibiotics during their hospitalization. There is a need to improve antibiotic prescribing for pediatric patients because many of these prescriptions are inappropriate. Antibiotic consumption analysis was conducted at the Children's Clinical University Hospital to identify targets for quality improvement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Surgical prophylaxis may account for one-third of all antibiotic use in paediatric hospitals.
Objective: To evaluate the appropriateness of surgical prophylaxis and to analyse adherence of surgeons to surgical prophylaxis guidelines.
Method: Retrospective study at a university paediatric hospital.
Treatment outcomes among drug-susceptible tuberculosis patients in Latvia, 2006-2010.
Public Health Action
October 2014
Setting: Latvia, an Eastern European country with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB).
Objective: To describe treatment outcomes among new drug-susceptible TB patients and assess the association of treatment outcomes with selected social determinants and risk factors.
Design: A retrospective cohort study of patients aged ⩾15 years registered during 2006-2010, with a review of records in the National Tuberculosis Registry.
Background And Objective: The point prevalence survey was conducted as part of the Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children (ARPEC) Project. The study aimed at analyzing pediatric and neonatal antimicrobial prescribing patterns in Latvian hospitals, to identify targets for quality improvement.
Materials And Methods: A one day cross-sectional point prevalence survey on antibiotic use in hospitalized children was conducted in November 2012 in 10 Latvian hospitals, using a previously validated and standardized method.
Analysis of body composition of 9- and 10-year-old children in Latvia.
Medicina (Kaunas)
February 2012
Background And Objective: According to the data of epidemiologic research, the prevalence of both excessive and insufficient body weight is increasing in a pediatric population leading to the growing burden of health problems due to these changes. The aim of the study was to understand the current situation of physical development of 9- and 10-year-old boys and girls in Latvia and to estimate the prevalence of underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity among young adolescents.
Material And Methods: During 2007-2009, a random sample of healthy 9-year-old (n=184) and 10-year-old (n=320) children from all regions and different socioeconomic groups of Latvia was surveyed in a cross-sectional study.