Certain issues of paid medical services analytics in the Russian Federation

• Main Authors: T. Yu. Bykovskaya, A. V. Panov
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Remedium Group LLC 2019-01-01
• Series: Медицинский совет
• Subjects: paid medical service; rates; demand; state guarantees; public-private partnership
• Online Access: https://www.med-sovet.pro/jour/article/view/2841

Today, there is an ambiguous dynamics of state financing of health care. Up to 2017, the Government of the Russian Federation gradually reduced the amount of allocations for health care. For example, in 2017 expenses decreased by 33% compared with 2016. Constantly observed adjustment of budget lists and their differentiated interpretation. Nevertheless, Vladimir Putin, in his message to the Federal Assembly in 2018, announced an increase in health care spending to 4.1% of GDP. Therefore, every year there is a growing need to explore the market for paid medical services. The article discusses the dynamics of paid medical services and the impact on them of various socio-economic factors, focusing on the development of the institute of public-private partnership as one of the tools for solving problems of health financing. The authors propose a series of comprehensive measures at the federal and regional levels that allow them to optimize the interaction of participants in the medical services market.