[Possibilities of improving the community health care system in cooperation with the hospitals/polyclinics]

Improvement of health care of the population calls for marked improvement of the health community system of work in close cooperation with all polyclinical departments and common diagnostic and therapeutic components of the hospital and polyclinic. The first line of contact with the patient under conditions of the rapidly developing process of specialization in the health services, without coordinated consultation with all constituents of the hospital and polyclinic, cannot meet new qualitative tasks in conjunction with the main target of the health services--systematic improvement of physical and mental health of the population. As part of the improvement of the system of health facilities it is necessary to promote the professional and control function of the hospital and polyclinic in the appropriate catchment area with special attention to the implementation of its preventive function.