History
As of March 2009, the Ukrainian government planned on reforming the health care system, by the creation of a national network of family doctors and improvements in the medical emergency services.Medical institutions
As of March 2015: * The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has about 3050 medical institutions (almost 91% of the total number in Ukraine). * The Department of Corrections has 114 institutions (almost 3%). * The Academy of Medical Sciences has 41 medical institutions (1%).Indicators
As of March 2009: * The capacity of ospitalinstitutions in all ministries and epartmentstoday is 436.4 thousand beds. * Institutions have 403 thousand beds, * Department of Corrections, has 11 thousand beds, * 7.5 thousand beds are subordinated to the Academy of Medical Sciences. * Outpatient clinics are designed for 957.1 thousand visits per shift. * The Ministry of Health has a network of outpatient clinics, which are designed for 890.7 thousand visits per shift. * The institutions of the Academy of Medical Sciences can consult about 5 thousand patients per shift. A total of 207.9 thousand doctors worked in health care in 2008, 82% of them in the Ministry of Health, and the rest in departmental medicine. The shortage of medical staff reached 48 thousand people. Provision of doctors in the field - 45.2 per 10 thousand population. Of these, 26.7 doctors (per 10,000 population) directly provide medical care, which is much lower than the European average.Medical reform in Ukraine
* November 30, 2016 - The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Concept of Health Care Reform. The Ministry of Health was instructed to develop an action plan for its implementation. * October 19, 2017 - VRU adopted the medical reform, it was supported by 240 deputies. * January 1, 2018 - the bill comes into force. The state must pay for medical services under the program of medical guarantees to institutions from August 1, 2018. * July 2, 2018 - An updated list of services primary health care came into force in Ukraine. * January 1, 2020 - reimbursement prices of medicines from the state guaranteed package are introduced. It is proposed to create about 100See also
* Emergency Medicine Reform in Ukraine since 2016 *External links
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