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Strategies of Consistent Planning Healthcare Management During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Russian and European Experience

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Almost since the very emergence of the novel coronaviral pathogen SARS-CoV-2, the struggle with it became highly ideologised in the West and Russia. Both Western countries and Russia faced the problem of massive stress of their healthcare systems. In many cases, the structural stress was a result of incorrect allocation of medical care resources, but public policy measures were initially targeted more at frightening and controlling population than at rational managerial steps of containing the virus. Medical care workers’ behaviour was seriously impacted by such measures. A key role in exacerbating the healthcare sector overburdening, was played by misleading information on the virus and disease caused by it. Due to constant fear, stress and even panic caused by the media propaganda, workability and operational integrity of clinicians and medical personnel decreased. With the use of the example of Russia and comparison with several European countries, in this Chapter we elaborate steps to avoid managerial collapse in healthcare system brought about by informational uncertainty, ideological influence of media and remiss reaction of governmental structures, in the future.

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Sharov, K.S. (2021). Strategies of Consistent Planning Healthcare Management During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Russian and European Experience. In: Legach, F.a.E.I., Sharov, K.S. (eds) SARS-CoV-2 and Coronacrisis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2605-0_17

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