Olga Magomedova, Researcher of International Best Practices Analysis Department at the Gaidar Institute, commented for Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the initiative of the Russia’s government to cope with health professional shortage using noneconomic administrative methods.
She believes that health professional shortage cannot be solved solely by forced distribution of graduates. This approach limits young professionals' choice of jobs and working conditions, without providing them with compensation (such as housing). "It comes that a specialist is limited not only in their choice of employment but also in determining their quality of life for several years to come," Olga Magomedova notes.