REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot167610.32687/1561-5936-2023-27-4-333-337Original ArticleTopical issues of the functioning of the private healthcare sector in RussiaPopovIgor L.mpi0@mail.ruScientific Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management of the Moscow Department of Healthcare, Moscow, Russia15122023433333714102025Copyright © 2023,2023Today, private medical clinics are not uncommon. In every city and almost every locality there are private clinics that provide various kinds of paid medical services, ready to receive patients at any time. The article presents an analysis of the number of licensed private medical clinics in the Russian Federation in the context of federal districts with an emphasis on the Southern Federal District. In addition, in order to identify consumer preferences in the market of medical services provided by private medical clinics over public ones, the author conducted an anonymous questionnaire survey, which was attended by 434 respondents living in the Krasnodar Territory. The respondents preferences when choosing a medical service are determined, the degree of satisfaction from admission to a private or public medical organization is revealed. The conclusion is made about the high degree of customer orientation of private medical organizations.paid medical servicesconsumer preferencesprivate medical clinicspublic medical organizationssociological surveyплатные медицинские услугипотребительские предпочтениячастные медицинские клиникигосударственные медицинские организациисоциологический опрос1.Как открыть медицинский центр: от лицензии к реальному бизнесу. URL: https://tass.ru/maloe-i-srednee-predprinimatelstvo/7033991 (дата обращения: 12.09.2023).