[Prophylaxis iodine deficit: information support].

An insufficient intake of micronutrients has massive and permanent nature and influence negatively to health, growth and vitality of the entire nation. One-third part of Russian schoolchildren suffer from deficiency of iron and iodine. Every year in Russia 215,000 children are born with brain damages associated with iodine deficiency.

[Analysis of the flow of users of health services at a diagnostic center].

A marketing investigation was carried out in 1998 in the Yekaterinburg Multiprofile Diagnostic Center in order to detect the problems in the activity of this institution and adopt the managing decisions. A random sampling of 405 subjects was selected, 58.8% of them were examined at the expense of budget financing and 41.