Сluster-oriented interaction of organizations providing paid medical services

Purpose: preparation of evidence-based proposals for the formation of cluster-oriented interaction of medical organizations providing paid services.Methods: the study is based on the use of a number of universal and special research methods. In particular, the cluster analysis method was used in the search for the most effectively complementary medical organizations of various forms of ownership. Statistical analysis was applied to study their activities in the provision of paid services.Results: the article provides a brief theoretical analysis of the essence of the concept and the basic principles of «cluster-oriented interaction» in relation to Russian organizations of various forms of ownership in the segment of dentistry with a rationale for the relevance of the application in the current socio-economic situation. A model of cluster-oriented interaction has been built and a method for searching for organizations that most effectively complement each other based on multivariate statistical analysis (cluster analysis) has been proposed, which makes it possible to increase the efficiency of their functioning and the quality of medical services provided.Conclusions and Relevance: the developed approaches to the implementation of cluster-oriented interaction of organizations providing paid medical services to the population of childhood allow taking into account the specifics and features of the functioning of healthcare organizations in a critically complex and unstable socio-economic situation in the country. The principles and possibilities of mechanisms for coordinating the joint work of medical healthcare organizations in the direction of obtaining a synergistic effect due to the association of clinics formed on mutually beneficial terms, which increases their competitiveness in the current socio-economic situation, are formulated. The most significant component in the article is the development of methodological approaches to the organization of the joint use of material and technical resources.