Russians stopped giving doctors a paw. This is evidenced by the data of the Russian Monitoring of the Economic Situation and Health of the Population of the Higher School of Economics for 2007-2016. And in general, according to experts, citizens of the country prefer visits to doctors visits to the pharmacy. The economic crisis 2014-2016 g. painfully hit the population of the country, but doctors got more than others: they lost additional income in the form of gifts, envelopes and other patients' offerings.

If in 2013 g. , according to the Higher School of Economics, 71.5% of the clients of state hospitals paid informally for the "free" treatment provided to them, that is, within the framework of the MHI policy, treatment, in 2016. such was 48.5%. At the same time, the official paid services of the gosklinik became more in demand: their share increased from 18.5% in 2013. up to 22.3% in 2016. , said "Kommersant", familiar with the report of the HSE. From this we can conclude that the Russians began to understand that in the medical sphere, a check on the hands for services rendered is important. However, our citizens are less likely to turn to doctors. Until 2014. almost 43% of the population used paid medical services with different frequency. By 2016 g.

17% of them in general refused such an item of expenditure, the rest preferred more budgetary clinics, began to do less laboratory tests and refuse preventive inspections.

Saved by the same doctors on the Russians carry to the pharmacy.

The HSE study shows that Russians are buying a lot of drugs, but more often they agree to cheap analogues of drugs. More critical approach to the list of necessary tablets and potions for medicines became few: only 2.5% of Russians refuse to purchase non-essential medicines.