[Relation of morbidity from gastric and duodenal ulcers with work disability and dispensarization]

A retrospective investigation of the morbidity from peptic ulceration of the stomach and duodenum associated with work incapacity in 1985-1987 in workers of a large engineering factory provided evidence that personal data on this morbidity processed on a computer are along with the medical documentation of individuals a useful source of information for the selection and enlistment of patients into dispensary care and for its evaluation. The investigation revealed at the same time some methodological aspects of dispensarization.