title: [Experience in the reduction of the primary disability level].
abstract: Measures are designed which are undertaken to form a commission of health occupational experts (CHOE) at local and regional levels in connection with entitlement to disability among workers. Organizational issues are described on early identification and adequate treatment of diseases frequently leading to disability, on promoting motivation of health workers in the reduction of disability among workers, raising the quality of medical-labour examination, information supply of physicians and public health administrators of these problems. A recommendation is made of the necessity to place commissions and institutes of health occupational experts under the authority of ministries of public health of the USSR and union republics. Advisability of including the section devoted to disability issues into the progress report of curative and preventive institutions is emphasized.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Ponomarenko
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Shevchenko
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Mal'tsev
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Opyt raboty po snizheniiu urovnia pervichnogo vykhoda na invalidnost'.