Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot21310.32687/0869-866X-2019-27-6-1008-1014Научная статьяThe review and evaluation of possibilities, financial economical and medical social effects of development of medical services export in the Russian FederationKhalfinR. A.-OrlovS. A.-MadianovaV. V.vvm@hsha.ruStolbovA. P.-KachkovaO. E.-The Institute of Leadership and Management of Health Care of The Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “The I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University” of Minzdrav of RussiaThe Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation” (The Financial University)151220192761008101406042021Copyright © 2019,2019The global health care market demonstrates a steady annual development. According to VISA study, in 2016 the market size was 100 billion US dollars, by 2025 it will reach 3 trillion US dollars and up to 4% of the world's population will receive medical care outside their countries of permanent residence. Exports of medical services are becoming part of government programs. The obvious advantages of developing export of medical services are, first of all, in improving medical infrastructure and quality of patient medical care and organizing additional jobs in many related sectors of national economics as well. The purpose of the study is to identify opportunities and to assess the socio-economic effects of the development of medical services exports in the Russian Federation. As a result of the study, the possibilities of the health care system for more efficient use of available resources, increasing the volume of medical care, as well as the formation of additional financial revenues for solving organizational and managerial tasks of providing material incentives for medical workers, updating the material and technical base, and introducing new medical technologies were revealed.export of medical servicesmedical tourismglobal market for medical servicescompetitiveness of medical organizationsэкспорт медицинских услугмедицинский туризмглобальный рынок медицинских услугконкурентоспособность медицинских организаций[Милашевич Е. А. Определение и особенности медицинской услуги. Труд. Профсоюзы. Общество. 2015;(4):21-6.][Грицаенко Е. А., Грицаенко В. А., Грицаенко А. И. География медицинского туризма в России: современное состояние и перспективы развития. В сб.: Поляризация российского пространства: экономико-, социально- и культурно-географические аспекты. М.; 2018. С. 326-36.][Connell J. Contemporary Medical Tourism: Conceptualisation, Culture and Commodification. Tourism Management. 2013;34:1-13.][Mattoo A., Rathindran R. How Health Insurance Inhibits Trade in Health Care. Health Affairs. 2006;25(2):358-68.][Lunt N., Smith R., Exworthy M., Green S. T., Horsfall D., Mannion R. Medical Tourism: Treatments, Markets and Health System Implications: A Scoping Review. OECD; 2011.][Helble M. The Movement of Patients across Borders: Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health. Bull. WHO. 2011;89:68-72.][Chanda R. Trade in Health Services. Bull. WHO. 2002;80(2):156-63.][Hopkins L., Labonte R., Runnels V., Parker C. Medical tourism today: What is the state of existing knowledge? J. Pub. Health Policy. 2010;31(2):185-98.][Glinos I. A., Baeten R., Helble M., Maarse H. A typology of cross-border patient mobility. Health Place. 2010;16:1145-55.][Penney K., Snyder J., Crooks V. A., Johnston R. Risk communication and informed consent in the medical tourism industry: A thematic content analysis of Canadian broker websites. BMC Medical Ethics. 2011;12(17):1-9.][Lunt N., Carrera P. Medical tourism: Assessing the evidence on treatment abroad. Maturitas. 2010;66:27-32.][Chee H. L. Medical tourism and the State in Malaysia and Singapore. Global Soc. Policy. 2010;10(3):336-57.][Snyder J., Johnston R., Crooks V. A., Morgan J., Adams K. How medical tourism enables preferential access to care: four patterns from the Canadian context. Health Care Analysis. 2016;25:138-50.][Musa G., Thirumoorthi T., Doshi D. Travel Behavior among Inbound Medical Tourists in Kuala Lumpur. Curr. Issues Tourism. 2012;15(6):525-43.][Lautier M. International trade of health services: global trends and local impact. Health Policy. 2014;118:105-13.][Johnston R., Crooks V. A., Snyder J., Kingsbury P. What is known about the effects of medical tourism in destination and departure countries? A scoping review. Int. J. Equity Health. 2010;9:1-13.][NaRanong A., NaRanong V. The effects of medical tourism: Thailand’s experience. Bull. WHO. 2011;89:336-44.]