[On certain issues of modern health care system development].

Abstract

Nowadays, the reforming of health care system in the Russian Federation is the most actual since country survives difficult economic conditions and is in need of development of new enhanced scientific and methodological approaches to various aspects of public health and health care, targeting increase of all types of efficiency in this system (medical, social, economic ones). For proper functioning of health care system, not only physicians, but also such specialists as physicists, engineers, mathematicians, biologists, chemists, lawyers, economists, psychologists, teachers and others are to be involved in process of developing new approaches. The multidisciplinary approach and effective interdisciplinary interaction can input into improvement of health care system based on needs of patients. To achieve the highest benefit for patient, development of comfortable conditions for all participants of diagnostic and treatment process, appropriate quality of medical care and maximal level of satisfaction of subjects in given system, it is necessary to consider segmentation of medical services market i.e. characteristics of consumers and providers. The systematic approach is to be applied to achieve this target, involving organizations of private and public sector of practical health care and scientific and educational organizations. it is needed to develop methods of early diagnostic, disease prevention programs and training of personnel in health care system, taking into account approaches of integrative and preventive medicine.