[Use of expert assessments in the determination of priority trends in social hygiene and public health organization].

The study data on the evaluation of future trends in research on social hygiene and public health organization are provided. It was an expert method that was used to study the opinion of leading scientists in social hygiene and of a large number of experts-managers of public health bodies and institutions. The computerised data permitted to determine the present and future priority problems in the field of social hygiene which could be used by research workers as a social goal for practical application.