Socialized Medicine in the Soviet Union

Sigerist, Henry E.

doi:10.1097/00000441-193805000-00021

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“…89,90,92 It is therefore surprising that the socialist USSR faces public health problems of an identical nature to those found in western capitalist countries. Despite the early accomplishments of the Bolshevik regime in fighting epidemic infections, perhaps the disease burden of a mature socialist society will not look much different from that of society which has industrialized on the capitalist model.89 As Field has observed, "modernization has been accompanied by a .. (similar) .…”

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Recent trends in coronary risk factors in the USSR.

Cooper¹,

Schatzkin²

1982

Am J Public Health

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The Soviet Union has experienced an increase in the incidence of coronary heart disease over the last 15 years sufficient to result in an overall deterioration in the health of adults. The distribution of coronary risk factors, and the secular trends in diet and cigarette consumption, provide a potential explanation for the upsurge in death rates. The animal fat content of the Soviet diet has been steadily enriched since the 1950s and cigarette production increased 72 per cent from 1959 to 1980. The post-Stalin orientation of the Soviet economy toward a policy of motivating

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Recent trends in coronary risk factors in the USSR.

Cooper¹,

Schatzkin²

1982

Am J Public Health

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“…17 Improved population health was also important for an efficient and functioning labour force for the industrialization of the country between the two World Wars. 18 Health care became highly centralized, tax-funded and entirely provided by the state. The way forward to tackle communicable disease was first outlined in 1924 in an article by Nikolai Semashko, the first People's Commissar for Public Health.…”

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Health Targets in the Former Soviet Countries: Responding to the NCD Challenge?

Glonti

Rechel

2013

Public Health Rev

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This article examines health target-setting in 12 former Soviet countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. We explored which health targets were set out in national health strategies and within the context of the United Nations initiative on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We found that few former Soviet countries embraced health targets in national health strategies that were quantitative and time-bound. In contrast, measurable and time-bound targets were adopted by almost all countries in the region within the MDG initiative. As the MDG initiative failed to reflect the considerable burden of non-communicable disease in the region, and focussed entirely on communicable disease and mother and child health, this meant that health targets were missing for one of the most severe health challenges in the former Soviet countries. The quality of health data that could guide national health policies is another major challenge for the control of both communicable and non-communicable disease, as well as improvements in mother and child health.

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“…And, above all, it accustomed the people to the idea that medicine was not a trade but a public service." 13 It is interesting that social insurance was used to help finance the national health service in the early years in the Soviet Union. The contributions were paid by enterprises and institutions as a fixed percentage of the wage bill; under no conditions could they be deducted from wages.…”

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The three world systems of medical care: trends and prospects.

Terris¹

1978

Am J Public Health

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Socialized Medicine in the Soviet Union

Cited by 13 publications

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Recent trends in coronary risk factors in the USSR.

Recent trends in coronary risk factors in the USSR.

Health Targets in the Former Soviet Countries: Responding to the NCD Challenge?

The three world systems of medical care: trends and prospects.

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