Shchepin O P, Kalashnikov V V, Vasyukova V S, Luzan S G
Probl Sotsialnoi Gig Istor Med. 1996 May-Jun(3):44-8.
Presents the results of realization of public health reforms in some regions of the country. Describes the scheme and stages of introducing obligatory medical insurance, the tasks, functions, and interests of various managing structures of a territory in the progress of reforms. Offers experimentally developed criteria for assessing the readiness of a territory to introduction of obligatory medical insurance, describes the methods and order of monitoring the quality of medical care rendered to insured patients, and outlines alterations in the organization and legal status of public health institutions.