%0 Journal Article %T Medical service at institutions of various forms of ownership %A Mikhalchenko D.V. %A Firsova I.V. %J Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research %D 2012 %I Saratov State Medical University %X Objective: To analyze the consumption of medical service in institutions of various forms of ownership on the example of the Volgograd region. Materials and methods: To study a culture of consumption of medical service used data from a survey of patients of private and public medical institutions during the one-dimensional stratified sampling. The study used the method of comparative analysis. Results. Data have been obtained by questionnaire survey. Conclusion: the need to develop recommendations to optimize state and private partnership in medicine %K culture of consumption %K health service %K private medical service %K state medical service %U http://www.ssmj.ru/system/files/201201_028-031_.pdf