Interregional association “Healthcare of Siberia”: background, structure and functions

The article reviews the process of establishment of the interregional association “Healthcare of Siberia” as a response of the regional healthcare services to the management crisis in the context of the liberal reforms in 1990s. The authors concluded that the structural and functional fundamentals of the association provided a way for solving the ongoing problems in the public healthcare system of the Siberian region and to establish a constructive dialogue with the Federal authorities during the transformation period.