Changes in the health status of the Hungarian Defence Forces in an ageing society

Abstract Introduction The continuous collection, monitoring, and analysis of morbidity data enable health professionals to plan the capacity care system, organise optimise care, measure burden diseases resulting from each morbidity, estimate its expected evolution. Material methods In our study, we analyse patient flow reports for period 2011 2020 healing preventive basic service defined as task primary system (troop service) Hungarian Defence Forces. Results Over 850,000 doctor-patient encounters over ten-year were mostly due some form acute need, infection, respiratory illness. structure has not changed significantly period. all cases, top three (J00-J99), circulatory (I00-I99), well musculoskeletal connective tissue (M00-M99). 2020, highest number people with restrictions reasons in under review was 131 179 disorders. recent years, time spent on medical leave or sick increased terms cases incapacity work. Conclusions Accurate knowledge can also provide military leadership important information combat fitness, especially when ever-increasing load (mission activity, border tasks, Covid-19) be met by an armed corps selected ageing population.