pThere are three main problems at present in the area of health care:/ppâ an imbalance between the amounts of state financing for health care and the guarantees offurnishing medical assistanceto the citizenry at no charge;/ppâ a lack of coordination in the activities and contradictions in the...

In the multitude of different problems connected with the transition to a market economy and the reappraisal of the policy of distribution through social consumption funds, questions concerning changes in the economic conditions of the functioning of institutions, enterprises, and organizations...

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...

Background: In the last two decades, health care systems (HCS) in the European countries have faced global challenges and have undergone structural changes with the focus on early disease prevention, strengthening primary care, changing the role of hospitals, etc. Russia has inherited the...