Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Avxentyev Nikolay Author-Name-First: Nikolay Author-Name-Last: Avxentyev Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Sisigina Natalya Author-Name-First: Natalya Author-Name-Last: Sisigina Author-Workplace-Name: RANEPA Title: Public health in Russia in 2021 Abstract: In 2021, the Russian public health system continued to operate under extreme overload induced by the spread of the novel coronavirus infection. In many respects, the second year of the pandemic turned out to be harder than the first one. Despite the measures taken to prepare medical institutions and launch of large-scale immunization, Russia failed to achieve a steady decline in losses from COVID-19 and return to pre-pandemic volumes of medical services provision in other public health areas. Classification-JEL: I1, I15, I18, Keywords: Russian economy, health care system Creation-Date: 2022 Revision-Date: 2022 Length: 13 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2022-1213.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised Version, 2022 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2022-1213