To address a pandemic, preserving and maintaining the healthcare system’s capacity is critical. This Commentary evaluates factors contributing to healthcare labour shortages and investigates the inter-relationships between access to health services, the number of healthcare providers,...

The opportunity for patient choice in the health care system in CIS countries was created by the partial destruction of the referral system and the development of paid medical services. The data of two population surveys conducted in Russia in 2009 and 2011 show that patient choice of medical...

Schlaganfälle sind eine der häufigsten Ursachen für Behinderung und Pflegebedürftigkeit. Die Verbesserung der postakuten Versorgung kann Beeinträchtigungen mildern und Kosten senken. Sekundärprävention ist von hoher Bedeutung um Reinsulte zu vermeiden. Die subjektive Lebensqualität wird...