Cross-country study on sustainability of national health systems

In partnership with the London School of Economics and Political Science, the World Economic Forum and AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company, the Moscow Healthcare Department’s Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management is psrticipating in the largest cross-country research study of its kind dedicated to sustainability of national health systems and their resilience to crises (exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic). The project also involves expert groups from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, UK and Vietnam.

The project’s relevance is dictated by the need to establish close international cooperation in order to exchange knowledge and develop the most effective management and organizational solutions to overcome the current crisis.

The main goal of the project is to make a significant and lasting contribution to global health in the following areas:

Health systems resilience to crises (the ability of health systems to prevent, respond to and recover from crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters and environmental disasters);
Resilience of health systems (the ability of these systems to maintain, generate resources and provide services, as well as to learn and improve in this direction).

The list of key issues addressed by the project includes:

Health system governance and management;
Health system financing;
Healthcare workforce;
Drugs and technologies;
Organization and provision of medical care.

More detailed information on the objectives of the study and its country expert groups can be found on the official website of the project.

Within the framework of the project, the researchers achieved the following results:

The results of the cross-country study were presented at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos during the “Building crisis-resilient health systems in a post-COVID world" discussion (click here to watch the video).
Presentation of the project’s results also opened the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum session, "Stress Test of National Health Systems" organized by the Research Institute for Healthcare Organization and Medical Management (click here to watch the event)
The results of the Russian country study were presented during the annual Gaidar Forum at the expert discussion, “Sustainability of health systems amidst external challenges” ( read more ), the main results of the study are presented here, click here to watch the video).
The institute also took part in the First virtual global summit dedicated to the study results of every country participating in this project (detailed information can be found here and here, the main results of the study can be found here; click here to watch the Russian presentation and here to learn more about other countries’ results.
The project’s final analytical report is posted on the website of the World Economic Forum (click here to read).

In the future, researchers are planning to publish the main results of the Russian research in the scientific journal, Annals of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.