[Clinical features of vocal disorders in population of megapolis].

Vocal problems in population of a megapolis are caused, primarily, by acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract of viral etiology and exacerbation of chronic pharyngolaryngitis in smokers and vocal professionals. Organic diseases of the vocal folds are rare finding in outpatients (0.2-0.

[Optimization of therapeutic and diagnostic processes in the system of obligatory medical insurance in an outpatient ENT department].

How to organize effective activity of an outpatient ENT department in the system of obligatory medical insurance (OMI) is considered. To achieve this purpose, an analysis of everyday activity of an outpatient department was made with estimation of reference morbidity, epidemiological data on the residents of the Central Moscow District. Measures for introduction of novel technologies in therapeutic outpatient ENT practice are proposed.