Kolomiets A.G. (2022). Expenditures of the federal budget of the Russian Federation on healthcare in the context of pandemic threats

A.G. Kolomiets

Dr. Sci. (Econ.), leading researcher at the Economic security Sector of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

EXPENDITURES OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON HEALTHCARE IN THE CONTEXT OF PANDEMIC THREATS

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Abstract

The most important reasons for the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic were, in the first place, an underestimation of the dangerous impacts on many areas of economic activity and a neglect of acute social problems. However, national health systems have become the main link in countering the pandemic. The low effectiveness of this counteraction, especially at the very beginning of the pandemic, was undetermined by systemic problems of this field. It is largely related with the insufficient development of first aid services, resulted from the dominance of the concept of insurance medicine. Despite a number of positive changes in the volume and structure of health care financing from federal budget in the Russian Federation in 2020–2021, the health care system, especially first aid, remains one of the most vulnerable parts of the social sphere. A prerequisite to solve the problem is a shift to funding healthcare organizations that provides a balanced development of pre-medical, medical and specialized medical care, equal pay for equal work according to professional qualification of specialists in federal, regional and municipal medical organizations, consistent closing the gap in the level of wages of nursing stuff and paramedical personnel vs the level of wages in other sectors of the economy.

Keywords: pandemic, first aid, the healthcare financing, federal budget of the Russian Federation.

JEL: H41, H51, H61, I15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52180/2073-6487_2022_2_27_38

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For citations:

Kolomiets A.G. (2022). Expenditures of the federal budget of the Russian Federation on healthcare in the context of pandemic threats // Vestnik Instituta Ekonomiki Rossiyskoy akademii nauk № 2. Pp. 27-38. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.52180/2073-6487_2022_2_27_38

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