In many ways, the year 2019 was supposed to be a watershed for Russia’s healthcare system. This was the final year of the ambitious six-year program set forth in the May 2012 Executive Orders of the President, to be followed by even more substantial transformations under the new national...

In 2014–2016, total fixed investments in real terms in the health care system decreased to 50.4% against their peak seen in 2012. Budget investments reported the highest drop (in 2016 – 43.7% of the maximum). Dynamics of fixed investments at the expense of own funds of the medical...