[The problems of efficient functioning of hot lines in health care].

The article analyzes experience of interaction of public authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation in area of health protection with civil society using hot-lines. The advantages and disadvantages of this type communication channel are established too. The justifications for implementation of principles of "open health care" are presented considering "hot-lines" as tool of interaction between the government and society (citizens and public organizations).

[Implication of specialized sanatoria in the improvement of care to patients with ocular tuberculosis at the present stage].

A total of 6230 case histories and the data of annual reports over the past 7 years were examined. A therapeutic-and-diagnostic process continues to be improved under the present-day conditions. Patients admitted to the sanatorium for the inadequately substantiated etiology of ocular tuberculosis underwent an additional differential diagnostic study.

[Treatment effectiveness of patients with ocular tuberculosis at specialized sanatoria].

The outcomes of treatment of 2908 patients with ocular tuberculosis who were treated at the Vyborg-3, Krasnyi Val, and Plyos sanatoria in 1993 - 1995 are analyzed. These sanatoria used the common guide in evaluating the efficacy of treatment, namely a separate assessment of the outcomes of treatment of the underlying and concurrent diseases. There were no statistical significant differences in therapeutical efficiency at these sanatoria.