Experts on the Consequences of COVID-19: The Pandemic Gives Impetus to Science and Technology
TheHuman Capital Multidisciplinary Research Centre and HSE University, in cooperation with the World Bank, held the conference ‘New Challenges of Demographic, Epidemiological and Medical-Technological Development: Search for New Models of Healthcare Development.’ The participants discussed whether the healthcare system was prepared to face the pandemic, how the latter affected lifespans and excess mortality rates, whether we can trust statistics, and what we should do to see ‘the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.’
Inequality and Social Cholesterol: How to Find Balance in Society
What are the outcomes of growing inequality? How much inequality is there in Russian healthcare and education? What does Russian society think about inequality? (Spoiler: that it’s excessively high and unfair.) These questions and many others were discussed by Russian and French researchers at the conference ‘Socio-economic Inequality and Poverty in the Modern World: Measures, Dynamics, and Prospects in an Age of Uncertainty’.
State and Civic Efforts Helped Save at Least 80,000 Lives in Russia During the Pandemic, HSE Experts Say
In a study, ‘How Many Deaths from COVID-19 Were Avoided by Russian Society’, experts from HSE University found that the restrictive measures taken by the Russian government and its citizens to combat the spread of the virus saved the lives of tens of thousands of Russians.
Centre for Health Policy Staff Presented a Paper at the EuHEA Conference 2016
The Paper ‘The Motivational Effects of Changing from a Fixed Salary to Performance Based Remuneration of Russian Physicians’ Was Prepared by the Centre’s Director, Sergey Shishkin, and Leading Research Fellow Aleksandr Temnitsky. The Research Uses the Data of Five Surveys Conducted in 2007–2014.
Sergey Shishkin Presented the Paper at the European Association of Health Economics Conference in Hamburg, Germany on July 14, 2016.
Plenary Session 'Health Care System Reforms: Problems and Results'
Plenary Session 'Health Care System Reforms: Problems and Results' Took Place in Moscow on April 21, 2016
The 18th Human Development Report was published
Chapter 10 ‘Analysis of State and Directions of Improvement of Population Health in the Context of Sustainable Development’ was authored by the Centre’s Director, Sergey Shishkin
Centre for Health Policy Staff together the WHO Country Office, Republic of Moldova Staff arranged a Workshop in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova
‘Activities of Health Care Organizations in Crisis Situations' workshop took place in Tiraspol on November, 3–5 2015
Centre for Health Policy Study among HSE's Top 14 Most Interesting Research Projects of 2014
A study carried out by the Centre for Health Policy on how patients pay for medical care in the healthcare system was named one of HSE’s top 14 most interesting research projects of 2014. The study was carried out by the Centre’s Director, Sergey Shishkin, along with Elena Potapchik and Elena Selezneva.
Staff from Centre for Health Policy Take Part in Russian-Taiwanese Symposium on Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences
The Centre’s Director, Sergey Shishkin, and Senior Research Fellow Elena Tarasenko took part in a Russian-Taiwanese symposium on research in the humanities and social sciences. The symposium was held in Taipei, Taiwan on November 14-17, 2014.
Centre for Health Policy Director Sergey Shishkin participates in 13th Annual International Conference on Health Economics, Management & Policy in Athens
The Director of the Centre for Health Policy Director, Sergey Shishkin, took part in the13th Annual International Conference on Health Economics, Management & Policy in Athens, Greece, where he presented his paper on ‘Doctors’ Motivation in the Post-Semashko Healthcare System.’