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3 . 2021

Health care system financing in the Russian Federation: dynamics, prognoses, comparison with developed countries

Abstract

Despite the challenges posed by consequences of the global pandemic, achieving the country's national development objectives remains a strategic direction of public health policy.

For sustainable population growth and an increase in average expectation of life in Russian Federation, which should reach 78 years in 2030, it is imperative to ensure availability and good quality of medical care, which in turn directly depend on the level of government funding for healthcare.

This article analyzes main parameters of healthcare financing in the Russian Federation in the period 2012-2020, and assesses them for the future 2022-2024, in comparison with parameters of developed EU countries. The article presents main conclusions on persistence of low parameters of government funding for healthcare in the Russian Federation, which exclude possibility of solving the acute problems of shortage of health care workers, insufficient free drug provision of population, insufficient volumes of free medical care and become a major setback to implementation of measures aimed at achieving national development goals of the Russian Federation.

Keywords:achieving national development goals of the Russian Federation in public health service, quality and availability of medical care, healthcare financing in the Russian Federation

Funding. The study had no sponsor support.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Ulumbekova G.E., Alvianskaya N.V. Health care system financing in the Russian Federation: dynamics, prognoses, comparison with developed countries. ORGZDRAV: novosti, mneniya, obuchenie. Vestnik VSHOUZ [HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT: News, Views, Education. Bulletin of VSHOUZ]. 2021; 7 (3): 36-47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2411-8621-2021-7-3-36-47 (in Russian)

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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Guzel E. Ulumbekova
MD, MBA from Harvard University (Boston, USA), Head of the Graduate School of Healthcare Organization and Management (VSHOUZ)

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