Insurance medicine in Belarus in the first third of the twentieth century

Objective. To characterize the process of development insurance medicine in Belarus first third twentieth century. Materials and methods. Archival, periodical narrative sources processed using general scientific special historical research Results. Insurance originated early century form hospital sick funds, which provided medical care to workers case illness, but was actually destroyed during First World War. In Soviet began a period massive reduction healthcare funding associated with New Economic Policy. fact, became only financial donor People’s Commissariat for Healthcare, it not distinguished as an independent branch, typical pre-revolutionary period, so principle unity preserved. A characteristic feature studied small social coverage insurance, applied employees, who constituted part population Belarus, where rural greatly dominated. Conclusion. Despite successful experience organizing medicine, temporary measure maintain resources unified state reality covered extremely percentage population, after crisis health overcome abolished.