[Preventable population mortality and an evaluation of the activities of the medical services].

To estimate the effectiveness of health service activities and work of individual doctors the author suggests to analyze retrospectively avoidable mortality caused to a considerable extent by the drawbacks of medical care. Thorough analysis of such cases allows to work out prior measures on improvement of health service activities which is especially urgent under condition of its limited financing. Being compared to standards the results of the expertise give a possibility to determine the quality of medical care and provide grounds for differentiated remuneration of medical personnel.