ORGANIZATION OF REGULAR MEDICAL CHECK-UP AND TREATMENT IN SOCIALLY DISADAPTED PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
A socially oriented procedure for regular medical check-up and organization of treatment in socially disadapted patients with pulmonary tuberculosis was developed, which was applied to 86 patients. A control group comprised 83 socially disadapted patients followed up by the conventional procedure for regular medical check-up and registration. A differential approach to organizing a regular medical check-up with a complex medical, social, and legal orientation allows a positive motivation for collaboration with medical staff and for treatment adherence to be formed in socially disadapted patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. In terms of cure rates, their treatment efficiency in first detected and one-year registered patients increased by 1.8 and 2.4 times, respectively