[The optimal periods of temporary disability in myocardial infarct]. / Ob optimal'nykh srokakh vremennoi netrudosposobnosti pri infarkte miokarda.

The effect of age, character of work, rehabilitation program and length of temporary invalidity on the results of medicosocial rehabilitation were studied in patients with a history of different forms of myocardial infarction. On the basis of this data optimal time of temporary loss of working capacity was established.

[Problems of rehabilitating reconvalescents at industrial enterprises with a new economic mechanism]. / Problemy reabilitatsii rekonvalestsentov na promyshlennykh predpriiatiiakh predpriiatiiakh v usloviiakh novogo mekhanizma khoziaistvovaniia.

The paper deals with the problem of rehabilitation of reconvalescents working at industrial enterprises. The most complicated and inadequately elaborated issues of this problem are those of rational employment and labour prognosis for reconvalescents. The so-called workshops of health established at industrial enterprises promoted the reduction in disease relapses, the decrease of disability and improvement of workers' health, however, with the transition to new economic methods of management many enterprises ceased to function. The well-grounded research findings are provided which are confirmed by the data of surveys on the problem of necessity to preserve or reconstruct the workshops of health on the new economic basis taking into account the interests of all workers.

[Expert evaluation of the quality of ambulatory health care for rural population]. / Osobennosti ékspertnoi otsenki kachestva ambulatorno-poliklinicheskoi pomoshchi sel'skomu naseleniu.

The paper outlines the issues related to expert evaluation of medical consultation quality provided at out-patient departments of central regional hospitals (CRH). The algorithm and programme of expertise were included into the special "Expert Assessment Schedule for Ambulatory Consultations" containing an assessment of eight major items. An expert assessment was carried out of 447 patients who made ambulatory visits to CRH, with a view of studying the reasons for failures, searching for the possibilities to overcome them and for the reserves of raising the quality of medical care for rural population. The findings of assessing the quality of ambulatory consultations at the CRH level showed that the physician's performance is in need of improvement taking into account the information acquired and shortcomings at each stage of medical consultation delivery.

[Expert evaluation of the quality of health care provided to rural patients with myocardial infarct]. / Ekspertnaia otsenka kachestva meditsinkoi pomoshchi sel'skikh zhiteliam, bol'nym infarktom miokarda.

The study defines the issues of expert evaluation of the quality of medical care for rural patients with myocardial infarction at hospitals of different specialization levels. "A card of expert evaluation of the quality of medical care rendered to patients hospitalized for myocardial infarction" has been worked out and included data on 252 hospitalized patients with myocardial infarction. Experts were chosen among the staff of the Chair of Therapy at the Medical Institute. It has been found that the status of medical care rendered to rural patients with myocardial infarction suggests the necessity of raising its quality and improving the forms of organisation.