Development of outpatient palliative care for children and adolescents in the Republic of Buryatia

The purpose of the research was to study the performance indicators of the palliative medical care for children staying at home in the Republic of Buryatia. The work is based on a report on the work of the patronage of palliative care for children in the City outpatient hospital №2. There are 4955 disabled children in the Republic of Buryatia, 5% of them need palliative care. Today, 114 children are serving the field service. Most of children are from 0 to 14 years old. The largest number of cases (80%) include the diseases of the nervous system. The second place is given to congenital malformations and genetic pathology. With cancer pathology, children receive specialized palliative care in the Republican Children's Clinical Hospital. In 2018, there were 34 children with indications to provide this type of medical care. During the years of the patronage service 14 children died.