News
Half of Russia's doctors face sack in healthcare reforms
BMJ 2004; 328 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1092-b (Published 06 May 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;328:1092
- Andrew Osborn
- Moscow
Russia is to undertake a root and branch reform of its creaking Soviet-era healthcare system that could see half the country's medical professionals given the sack.
Vladimir Putin wants to reform the bloated bureaucracy of Russia's healthcare system
Credit: YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/GETTY
Russia's health service has not been seriously reformed since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, and it now has severe funding shortages. …
Log in
Log in using your username and password
Log in through your institution
Subscribe from £173 *
Subscribe and get access to all BMJ articles, and much more.
* For online subscription
Access this article for 1 day for:
£38 / $45 / €42 (excludes VAT)
You can download a PDF version for your personal record.