YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The probability of emergence of need of medical aid among people aged 20 and above within one year in Armenia made 30.8%. 74.9% of them applied for receiving professional medical aid. The main reason of not going to doctor for receiving medical aid remain financial problems (41.7%), as well as self-treatment (36.2%). These data are presented in the national report under the title "Efficiency of Health System's Activity in Armenia," the presentation of which took place on October 19. As Vladimir Davidian, the Director of the Information-Analytical Center of the RA National Institute of Health, mentioned, population's payments on hand in the hospital link exceed the expenditures being done by the Ministry almost 3-fold. According to him, in the recent three years cases of death in hospitals made 1.6%. Cases of death from vessel diseases of cerebrum and infarct of cardiac muscle are the most frequent ones.

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