The Healthcare in Ukraine is part of a

universal health care Universal health care (also called universal health coverage, universal coverage, or universal care) is a health care system in which all residents of a particular country or region are assured access to health care. It is generally organized ar ...

system being a successor of the Soviet healthcare system. The Ministry of Healthcare implements the state policy in the country in the field of medicine and healthcare.

History

As of March 2009, the

Ukrainian government The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...

planned on reforming the health care system, by the creation of a national network of

family doctor Family medicine is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primary ...

s and improvements in the medical emergency services.

Ukrainian Prime Minister The prime minister of Ukraine ( uk, Прем'єр-міністр України, ) is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of th ...

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();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 [hospital] institutions in all ministries and [departments] today 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 -Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine , 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 100 Hospital Districts by 2018.

External links

World Health Organization (WHO): Ukraine

Treatment services in Ukraine

References

Healthcare in Ukraine, {{health-stub

History

Indicators

Medical reform in Ukraine

See also

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