[The morbidity and mortality of children living in the rural areas].

The analysis of health indicators related to children population revealed that the corresponding lower morbidity and higher mortality in rural areas as compared with urban areas is regitered due to underregistration of the nonsevere forms of pathology in children population dwelling outside the zone of the rural district pediatric services. The mentioned indicators correlated with such social and medical organizational characteristics of rural regions limiting the availability of the high-quality medical care as the poor road and transport communication with the district town, the remoteness from the oblast town, the paediatrician's provision and the level of their professional qualification, the percent of children from socially ill-being families and the density of population. The established patterns demonstrate that to enhance the quality of medical care of children living in the rural areas it is necessary to resolve professional, social and medical organizational problems simultaneously. Thereupon, appears the need to elaborate a well-grounded differentiated approach to health resources planning with an imperative taking into account the characteristics of the rural regions.