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Healthcare in Russia, [a] or the Russian Federation, [b] is provided by the state through the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund, and regulated through the Ministry of Health. [1] The Constitution of the Russian Federation has provided all citizens the right to free healthcare since 1993.
A list of countries by health insurance coverage.The table lists the percentage of the total population covered by total public and primary private health insurance, by government/social health insurance, and by primary private health insurance, including 34 members of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries.
Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund (FFOMS) (Russian: Федеральный фонд обязательного медицинского страхования (ФФОМС)) is one of the state extra-budgetary funds (i.e. fund is not a part of federal or regional budgets) established to finance medical services to Russian citizens.
Rwanda operates a system of universal health insurance through the Ministry of Health called Mutuelle de Santé (Mutual Health), a system of community-based insurance where people pay premiums based on their income level into local health insurance funds, with the wealthiest paying the highest premiums and required to cover a small percentage ...
Private Health Insurance is widely available in Brazil and may be purchased on an individual-basis or obtained as a work benefit (major employers usually offer private health insurance benefits). Public health care is still accessible for those who choose to obtain private health insurance.
The Semashko model was established in Soviet Russia in 1920. [6] [7] However, it was not a truly universal system at that point, as rural residents were not covered. [citation needed] The model substantially improved the population health relative to the starting point of its implementation in the late 1920s. [2]
Universal health care was next introduced in the Nordic countries of Sweden (1955), [16] Iceland (1956), [17] Norway (1956), [18] Denmark (1961) [19] and Finland (1964). [20] Universal health insurance was introduced in Japan in 1961, and in Canada through stages, starting with the province of Saskatchewan in 1962, followed by the rest of ...
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