[Implementation of obligatory medical insurance programs in dentistry based on the cost of relative unit of labor intensity].

Abstract

Was to analyze financial feasibility of obligatory medical insurance programs in dentistry based on the cost of relative unit of labor intensity. The study is based on statistical analysis of service types and costs dynamics in dental obligatory medical insurance programs in Russia in 2013-2018. The study identified trends in financing health care, government guarantee programs and financial costs per 1 unit of labor intensity, which should be taken into account when making a medical and economic feasibility study of basic and territorial government guarantee programs to provide citizens of the Russian Federation with free medical care and planning the dental section of the compulsory medical insurance program. The financial possibilities of implementing the compulsory medical insurance program in the field of dentistry in the Russian Federation are limited by reducing the cost of dental services from the total amount of healthcare financing, not proportional to the increase in inflation and the level of expenses for the compulsory medical insurance program, aggravation of the pathology of patients and untimely treatment for dental services. The provision of planned dental services and preventive measures will reduce the financial costs of these services.