The introduction of health insurance in the Russian Federation : an analysis of the reforms in St. Petersburg and Volgograd

This thesis examines the introduction of compulsory medical insurance in the Russian Federation in the 1990s as part of the re-structuring of welfare in the years after communism - why it was introduced and how it has developed. The reforms brought in strong decentralisation of governance to the reg...

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Main Author: Smith, Cameron
Published: University of Edinburgh 2002
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.662107