The comprehensive diagnosis of abnormalities of development of children during the first years of life is one of the most important targets and the first stage of system of early medical care based on the intersectoral interaction of the experts. The health care facilities play paramount role in identifying children at risk, including ones born with signs of perinatal damage of central nervous system. The article presents results of the experimental study of efficiency of common diagnostic methods of development of children during the first years of life in conditions of polyclinic services. The article also proves the necessity of complementing actual diagnostic instruments by new methods of diagnostic based on complex evaluation of main parameters of psychomotor development of children that will result in timely diagnostic and inclusion of children of risk group to the system of early medical care.
Keywords: children; diagnosis; early medical care; polyclinic; risk group; screening; system.