The impact of transparency constraints on the efficiency of the Russian healthcare system: Systematic literature review

Journal of Medical Economics. 2023. Vol. 26. No. 1. P. 95–109.

Timofeyev Y., Dremova O., Jakovljević M.

transparency a powerful tool of healthcare systems. This study addresses how the availability and accessibility of information about medical services to the general population affects healthcare outcomes in Russia. A systematic review was conducted and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviewing and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Transparency indicators of health facilities used in the world’s most efficient healthcare systems are also reviewed. Although the increase of transparency in the Russian healthcare system
is considered as a tool for improving its efficiency, very little has beenis done to improve the actual level of transparency. The existing institutional specifics of the Russian healthcare system imposes serious restrictions on acceptable levels of transparency. In the reviewed empirical Russian studies, transparency is often
viewed simplistically as either information available onat the websites of medical organisations or issues related to the amount of accessible indicators of compulsory medical statistical reporting. The novelty of this study consists in (a) reviewing the most recent studies on the topic and (b) including studies in Russian in the analysis.
We elaborated on general and specific policy implications for improving transparency-driven outcomes inof the Russian healthcare system.

Keywords: раскрытие информации, прозрачность, information availability, information disclosure, доступность информации, transparency, система здравоохранения, healthcare system, healthcare outcomes, public reporting, healthcare facility

Publication based on the results of: The impact of institutional transparency on the stability and effectiveness of the health system (2022)