The role of general practitioner in the organization of geriatric service in the primary health care system

The aim of the performed investigation was the study of physical status, data of morbidity and elaborates approaches to improve health status of elderly people in the rural places of Uzbekistan. 172 people at the age more than 65 years old have been examined with the use of screening method: 92,3% of elderly people live with thieir families, 7% of them live with relatives and only 7% live alone; among elderly people 67 were women (38,9%) and 105 were men (61,1%). There have been 14 people (8,1%) at the age more than 80 years old. During the assessing of functional status with the use of Bartel’s scale in 89% of cases it has been examined 80 and more points, i.e. they could service themselves. In general in 47,8% of cases different types of diseases, such as arterial hypertension, ischemic heart disease, osteokhondrosis and osteoarthrosis have been observed.