Health service organization for patients with cerebral infarction: current status and specifics of outpatient medical care

Stroke and cerebral infarction in particularly are important medical and social problems. The article describes the historical changes of legal acts regulating medical care for patients with stroke and observes recent researches dealing with the law enforcement in this sphere. Content analysis revealed the lack of correspondence between the legal framework and clinical guidelines for cerebral infarction. Particular attention is paid to the low level of scientific research results concerned with the stroke outpatient medical care.