Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vitaly V. Omelyanovsky Author-Email: vitvladom@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia Author-Name: Ludmila V. Maximova Author-Email: maksimova@nifi.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia Author-Name: Anton P. Tatarinov Author-Email: tatarinov@hta-rus.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia Title: International Experience of Funding and Organization of Healthcare Systems Abstract: The article discusses key types of the present healthcare system models. We describe peculiarities of the healthcare system models in five leading countries (using the examples of France, UK Germany, USA and Canada) and analyze positive and negative features of each model. Based on the study results the authors propose that healthcare policy reforms in the Russian Federation should be focused on creating an insurance healthcare system model and list directions of the aforementioned reforms. Classification-JEL: Keywords: healthcare system financing models, analysis of healthcare system models, peculiarities of healthcare system organization, healthcare reforms Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 22-34 Issue: 3 Year: 2014 Month: September File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2014/3/03_3_2014.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:140303:p:22-34