Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ayrat Z. Farrahov Author-Email: ayrat.farrahov@minfin.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Finance Ministry of the Russian Federation Author-Name: Vitaly V. Omelyanovsky Author-Email: vvo@hta-rus.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Public Health Finance Center, Financial Research Institute, Moscow, Russia Author-Name: Natalya N. Sisigina Author-Email: sisiginann@mail.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Institute for Social Analysis and Forecasting, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Title: Problems in the Formation of Financial Model of National Healthcare System Abstract: Despite the improvement of public health status in recent years, Russian healthcare system efficiency remains low. This problem is significantly associated with structural defects of healthcare financial model, primarily with conservation of multi-channel financing. The article focuses on main problems of economic efficiency of healthcare system, caused by conservation of public funding elements, as well as possible solution methods. Classification-JEL: Keywords: healthcare financing, healthcare payment mechanisms, compulsory health insurance, single-channel financing, Program on State Guarantees, efficiency of healthcare system Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 5-16 Issue: 1 Year: 2015 Month: February File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2015/1/statyi_2015_1/01_farrahov.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:150101:p:5-16