[The methodological prerequisites of elaboration of advanced regional patterns of medical care provision to population].

The article deals with the characteristics of medical demographic indicators, morbidity indicators, public health resources indices and medical care volumes in Federal okrugs. The analysis provided a basis to develop the designed and adjusted standards of main volumetric indicators for territorial programs of public guarantees of free-of-charge medical care to population of the Russian Federation according the Federal okrugs.

[Health potential as a positive criterion in comprehensive assessment of the health status of workers engaged in tungsten plant]. / Potentsial zdorov'ia kak pozitivnyi kriterii kompleksnoi otsenki zdorov'ia rabochikh vol'framovogo proizvodstva.

The sample social-hygienic and biochemical studies of health status were made in employees of tungsten works. The notion "health potential" is formulated. It consists of biochemical, immunological and functional components. Biochemical status of the workers was assessed in relation with disease incidence rates. Prenosological correction of health status including measures of primary prevention can produce positive changes in both health and performance of the workers.