Tamimi Omar R, AlGonaid Omer A, AlMashham Yahya H, Almashham Abdulrahman Y
King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Feb 11;8:769923. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.769923. eCollection 2021.
The population of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) exceeding 35 million people and in the presence of a non-structured increase in the number of pediatric cardiac centers, we expect to face some concerns like dilution of the service where the volume will be less than the acceptable standards, the increase in mortality and morbidity, and failure to obtain personalized medicine at a reasonable cost. Therefore, we built up this survey questionnaire about those concerns and collected the opinion of expert medical staff in Saudi Arabia who are working in the field of pediatric cardiology. Seventy percent of the responders vs. 25% recommend the centralization of the PCS as the solution for the above concerns, and 94% recommend sticking to the globally accepted criteria when issuing the license of the centers providing PCS including the volume of patients in each center, and minimum multidisciplinary facilities in terms of resources, services, and personnel.
沙特阿拉伯王国人口超过3500万，且小儿心脏中心数量呈无序增长，我们预计会面临一些问题，比如服务质量下降，因为服务量将低于可接受标准，死亡率和发病率上升，以及无法以合理成本获得个性化医疗。因此，我们针对这些问题编制了这份调查问卷，并收集了沙特阿拉伯从事小儿心脏病学领域工作的专家医务人员的意见。70%的受访者建议将小儿心脏服务集中化作为解决上述问题的办法，而25%的受访者持反对意见。94%的受访者建议在发放提供小儿心脏服务中心的许可证时坚持全球公认的标准，包括每个中心的患者数量，以及在资源、服务和人员方面的最低多学科设施要求。
