EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIMORBID SYNDROME IN ADOLESCENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH ARTERIAL HYPOTENSION

Abstract

Improvement of healthcare delivery primarily requires a fundamental reform of preventive theory and practice. To date, such efforts cannot be considered satisfactory. Evidence for this includes the epidemic-like increase in the prevalence of diseases and disease-related disability and mortality within the population, overcrowded hospitals, and the excessive burden placed on emergency medical services. All of these represent the “cost” of insufficient implementation of preventive science and practice at the primary healthcare level [13,14,15,17,18].