Russia’s healthcare system: in need of modernisation

Russia’s health system is both inefficient and inequitable. Sergey Shishkin and Vasiliy Vlassov describe the challenges it faces and the government’s plans for reform

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Published inBMJ Vol. 338; no. jun25 2; p. b2132
Main Authors Shishkin, Sergey V, Vlassov, Vasiliy V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 25.06.2009
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Birth rate
Budgets
Cancer
Drugs
Economic growth
Forecasting
Funding
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health Care Reform - economics
Health Expenditures
Health services
Health Services - economics
Health Services - trends
Hemophilia
Hepatitis
Humans
Life Expectancy
Mortality
Primary care
Public health
Reforms
Russia
Tuberculosis
Russia
United Kingdom > UK
Europe
Germany
Ukraine
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Summary:Russia’s health system is both inefficient and inequitable. Sergey Shishkin and Vasiliy Vlassov describe the challenges it faces and the government’s plans for reform
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