Healthcare in Ukraine

As of March 2009 the Ukrainian government planned to reforming the health care system, by the creation of a national network of family doctors and improvements in the medical emergency services.[1] Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko wanted (in November 2009) to start introducing a public healthcare system based on health insurance in the spring of 2010.[2]

Further reform was promised by Health Minister Alexander Kvitashvili in 2014 but proposals failed to make political progress and he offered his resignation - which was not accepted. State funding for hospitals cover only the electricity and meagre staff salaries, leading to widespread bribery. Even hot water is a problem. Charitable donations are needed to buy even basic medicines or fuel needed to visit patients.[3]

Although some companies (in their collective agreement) supply their employees insurance medicine[4] Ukraine doesn't. But it is making a switch to insurance medicine, a transformation that will start in 2017 and will last until 2020.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National network of family doctors to be established by 2010, says health minister, Interfax-Ukraine (March 30, 2009)
  2. ↑ Ukraine to start introducing insurance-based healthcare system in spring of 2010, Kyiv Post (November 24, 2009)
  3. ↑ "Ukraine health system in danger of collapse as reforms stall". Reuters. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. ↑ https://books.google.nl/books?id=d_aSDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99&dq="Medical+Insurance"+%2B+Ukraine&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiS1bqxj8TPAhXBthQKHfqxAg44ChDoAQgnMAA#v=onepage&q=%22Medical%20Insurance%22%20%2B%20Ukraine&f=false
  5. ↑ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/374455.html
    http://uatoday.tv/society/insurance-medicine-in-ukraine-to-be-introduced-in-2017-779758.html
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