Health and Welfare: in Search of Balance of Interests

E. Gontmakher
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E. Gontmakher: Central Economics and Mathematics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Journal of the New Economic Association, 2015, vol. 26, issue 2, 259-264

Abstract: Almost all the Russian social systems are in a state of chronic crisis. This is reflected primarily in their critically low efficiency, which can be defined as the degree of implementation of the public interest. The article analyzes the current state of the process of formation of public interest and the results of this process on the example of two key social sectors (health and social security). The author concludes that the government continues a policy of gradual withdrawal from these sectors that have been emerging in recent years, shifting more and more responsibility on the population itself, which is directly (and not indirectly via taxes) pay for health care and social services. The directions of necessary changes to prevent negative consequences of such a course are offered.

Keywords: health; welfare; public interest; balance of interests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G18 H3 H4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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