Healthcare Reform in Russia: Problems and Prospects

William Tompson ()

No 538, OECD Economics Department Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: This paper examines the prospects for reform of Russia’s healthcare system. It begins by exploring a number of fundamental imbalances that characterise the current half-reformed system of healthcare provision before going on to assess the government’s plans for going ahead with healthcare reform over the medium term. The challenges it faces include strengthening primary care provision and reducing the current over-reliance on tertiary care; restructuring the incentives facing healthcare providers; and completing the reform of the system of mandatory medical insurance.

La réforme du système de santé en Russie: problèmes et perspectives
La présente étude analyse les perspectives de réforme du système de santé en Russie. Il commence par explorer un certain nombre de déséquilibres fondamentaux qui caractérisent le système actuel, en état de semi-réforme, avant de passer en revue les projets du gouvernement à moyen terme. Les principaux enjeux sont de renforcer les soins primaires et réduire le recours excessif aux soins tertiaires, de réexaminer les incitations auxquelles font face les prestataires de soins et de mener à son terme la réforme de l'assurancemaladie obligatoire.

Keywords: competition; health care; Russia; primary care; pharmaceuticals; hospitalisation; health insurance; single payer; système de santé; Russie; compétition; assurance maladie; hospitalisation; payeur unique; soins primaires; produits pharmaceutiques (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cis, nep-hea, nep-ias and nep-tra
Date: 2007-01-15
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