Territorial features of consumer behavior in the medical services market
Expansion of the commercial medical service market in Russia is a risk factor that promotes social inequality. In remote rural areas, social infrastructure, in particular the healthcare system, has been degrading. As a result, patients have widely taken to the use of commercial medical services. In...
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| author | Belaya Raisa Morozova Tatyana Kozyreva Galina |
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| description | Expansion of the commercial medical service market in Russia is a risk factor that promotes social inequality. In remote rural areas, social infrastructure, in particular the healthcare system, has been degrading. As a result, patients have widely taken to the use of commercial medical services. In this situation, such behavioral models are demonstrated not only by well-off, but even by needy rural and small-town residents. In this context, research on the formation mechanisms of user practices in the commercial medical service market in remote rural areas and smaller towns gains more relevance. The objective of the study is to assess the behavior of people in the Republic of Karelia (Russia) as users of commercial services. Methodologically, the study employed the household approach and statistical data analysis methods: factor and discriminant analyses. We demonstrate that the active use of commercial medical services by poor population strata is a necessity-driven activity caused by the absence or low availability of free services of this sort, or their low quality at the local level. The findings can help in decision-making on upgrading the social policy in healthcare. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4440edcdce94c628fbb655e292804e52022-12-21T22:08:28ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422021-01-013010400310.1051/e3sconf/202130104003e3sconf_rec2021_04003Territorial features of consumer behavior in the medical services marketBelaya Raisa0Morozova Tatyana1Kozyreva Galina2Institute of Economics of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of ScienceInstitute of Economics of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of ScienceInstitute of Economics of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of ScienceExpansion of the commercial medical service market in Russia is a risk factor that promotes social inequality. In remote rural areas, social infrastructure, in particular the healthcare system, has been degrading. As a result, patients have widely taken to the use of commercial medical services. In this situation, such behavioral models are demonstrated not only by well-off, but even by needy rural and small-town residents. In this context, research on the formation mechanisms of user practices in the commercial medical service market in remote rural areas and smaller towns gains more relevance. The objective of the study is to assess the behavior of people in the Republic of Karelia (Russia) as users of commercial services. Methodologically, the study employed the household approach and statistical data analysis methods: factor and discriminant analyses. We demonstrate that the active use of commercial medical services by poor population strata is a necessity-driven activity caused by the absence or low availability of free services of this sort, or their low quality at the local level. The findings can help in decision-making on upgrading the social policy in healthcare.https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2021/77/e3sconf_rec2021_04003.pdfdifferentiationmedical servicesmaller townsavailability of medical servicestypology of consumer activity |
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| title | Territorial features of consumer behavior in the medical services market |
| title_full | Territorial features of consumer behavior in the medical services market |
| title_fullStr | Territorial features of consumer behavior in the medical services market |
| title_full_unstemmed | Territorial features of consumer behavior in the medical services market |
| title_short | Territorial features of consumer behavior in the medical services market |
| title_sort | territorial features of consumer behavior in the medical services market |
| topic | differentiation medical service smaller towns availability of medical services typology of consumer activity |
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