The right of citizens to health protection and medical care
The article analyses the concept and content of the right to health care, paid and free medical care; it gives a detailed description of the provision of medical care depending on the patient's condition. It describes the concepts of categories characterising the peculiarities of access to medical services and identifies the problems of the violation of citizens' rights to medical care. Special attention is paid to various aspects of accessibility and quality of care. The authors of the article describe a system of close cooperation and goals in the field of protecting the health of citizens, analyse the administrative liability for violations of the rights of citizens and study of the priority national project of the Russian Federation “Health”. The results of the analysis reveal that the right of citizens to medical care is currently developing, improving. At the same time, there are some problems relating to providing paid medical care. Solving problems in this field is possible only through amending the existing legislation. The inclusion of information about the availability of the appropriate types and volumes of medical aid free of charge under the program of state guarantees of providing citizens with free medical aid in a contract for the provision of paid medical services should be fixed at the legislative level.