REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot162810.32687/1561-5936-2023-27-2-137-141Original ArticleExperience in providing urological care during the COVID-19 pandemicSarkisyanArmen Dzh.001ShapovalenkoTatiana V.002DarenkovSergey P.003AgamovZagir H.004Clinical Hospital No. 1 «Medsi», Moscow, RussiaCentral State Medical Academy, Moscow, Russia15122023213714110102025Copyright © 2023,2023Introduction. During the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19, there was a decrease in the possibility of providing planned specialized medical care for various nosologies. In such conditions, public-private partnership, a form of interaction between private capital and the state, becomes an effective solution. Objective: to evaluate the possibility of providing specialized urological care in a public-private partnership hospital during the pandemic of the new COVID-19 coronavirus infection. Materials and methods. The indicators of the use of the bed fund, surgical work of the department, including the structure of operations in the context of groups of operations in the department of the Center for Urology and Lithotripsy of the Clinical Hospital No. 1 «Medsi» for the period from 01.06.2020 to 31.12.2021 are presented. Results. During the estimated period, 757 patients aged 18—87 years were treated at the expense of the CHI in the urological department of a private commercial hospital, and 861 operations were performed (283 — in 2020 and 578 — in 2021). Conclusions. The inpatient urological department of a commercial clinic can take over the provision of specialized medical care to the population at the expense of mandatory medical insurance, including in conditions of a pandemic.public-private partnershipnew coronavirus infectionCOVID-19urological careгосударственно-частное партнёрствоновая коронавирусная инфекцияCOVID-19урологическая помощь1.Gorchakova D. Yu. British experience in PPP implementation. Obŝestvo: politika, èkonomika, pravo. 2017;(8). P. 62—65. (In Russ.)2.Barlow J. Delivering innovation in hospital construction: contracts and collaboration in the UK’s Private Finance Initiative Hospitals Program. Calif. Manage Rev. 2009;51:26—143.3.Lindenbraten A. L. Federal Law «On the Fundamentals of Protecting the Health of Citizens in the Russian Federation» and problems of quality management of medical care. Problems of social hygiene, public health and history of medicine. 2012;(4):3—5. (In Russ.)4.Morozova I. A., Mysin M. N. Analysis of the world experience in the use of public-private partnerships: issues and trends. Izvestija Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo tehnicheskogo universiteta. 2016;(1):8—12. (In Russ.)5.Kovalenko I. B., Lugovskaya M. V. Peculiarities of application of forms of public private partnership in the health care system for solving a number of social problems. Annali d’Italia. 2022;(37):34—38. (In Russ.)6.Zherdev R. A. Public-private partnership as the driving force for the domestic health-care system development. Rossijskoe predprinimatel'stvo. 2015;16(18):3125—3138. (In Russ.)7.Sudarikov A. L., Gribovsky A. V. Public-private partnerships in science, technology and innovation: analysis of the international experience. Innovacii. 2012;(7):47—59. (In Russ.)8.Ershov D. L. Developing projects for strategic partnership of government and business in the healthcare industry. Public-Private Partnership. 2015;2(2):75—86. (In Russ.)9.Takmazyan A. S., Samoylova K. N. Health care in Russia in the context of the coronavirus pandemic: key indicators and financial support. Finansovye issledovanija. 2021;(3):73—79. (In Russ.)10.Starodubov V. I., Kadyrov F. N., Obuhova O. V. et al. The impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the situation in Russian healthcare. Analytical report. Version 1.0. (as of 04/26/2020) 45 р. (In Russ.)11.Gridnev O. V., Perkhov V. I., Kaliyev M. T. COVID-19 pandemic: the realized decisions and the forthcoming tasks in the sphere of public health care. Menedzer zdravoohranenia. 2020;(7):12—16. (In Russ.)