The strategy of improving medical service for sports and physical culture in the Republic of Tatarstan on the eve of 2013 Summer Universiade

Abstract

The problems of healthcare system formation and management for physical culture and sports are discussed within the framework of prevention and rehabilitation areas development in the Republic of Tatarstan. The 2013 Summer Universiade is acknowledged as the largest event in the international sports, involving 13 000 sportsmen participating in 27 different summer sports. Physical culture and sports healthcare is known to be the one of the most crucial factors influencing sporting achievements. Since 2013 the Centre for Medical Prevention has started to create the informational and analytical system required for integral, in-depth and systemic image of physical culture and sports healthcare status and problems in the Republic of Tatarstan. A multi-layer matrix of the data gathering within the healthcare system, including the elements of physical culture and sports healthcare. We offer to create a national program the basing on the modern methodology of science for studying and solving complex social problems. The development of the local program devoted to physical culture and sports healthcare improvement can be a model of similar methodology-based program formation with a wider coverage, allowing to provide the preventive and rehabilitation healthcare for the whole population.