[The value of ambulatory care in preventing and reducing invalidism due to eye pathology]

The role and significance of dispensarization in solution of the problem of prevention and reduction of invalidity due to eye pathology are discussed. The analysis of epidemiologic and clinical data has revealed contingents with the highest factors of risk of invalidization requiring immediate dispensarization. Shortcomings and tasks of dispensarization of certain organized contingents are elucidated, of them pupils of schools for blind and poor-sighted children and invalids working at enterprises of societies of the blind. The necessity is emphasized to develop differentiated programmes for dispensarization as a valuable measure for prevention and reduction of blindness, poor vision and invalidity due to eye pathology.