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Ukraine: Health system review.

Valery Lekhan1, Volodymyr Rudiy, Erica Richardson

  • 1Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy.

Health Systems in Transition
|March 25, 2011
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Summary

Ukraine's health system struggles with extreme decentralization, low funding, and high out-of-pocket payments, leading to ineffective health care cost protection and avoidable mortality. Reforms face challenges due to distrust and political instability.

Area of Science:

  • Health policy analysis
  • Health systems research
  • Public health

Background:

  • The Ukrainian health system retains elements of the Soviet Semashko model alongside market-based changes.
  • A key difference is the shift from centralized to extreme decentralization in health financing.
  • This decentralization has fragmented financing and hindered health policy implementation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a detailed description of the Ukrainian health system.
  • To analyze ongoing and planned health policy initiatives.
  • To identify challenges and areas for in-depth analysis within the health system.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of country-based Health System in Transition (HiT) profiles.
  • Examination of health service organization, financing, and delivery.

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  • Review of institutional frameworks and health policy processes.

    • Main Results:

    • Health care expenditure in Ukraine is low relative to GDP and regional standards.
    • Out-of-pocket payments constitute a significant portion (37.4%) of total health expenditure.
    • Ineffective cost protection and structural inefficiencies due to financing issues contribute to avoidable mortality.

    Conclusions:

    • The Ukrainian health system faces challenges in protecting citizens from catastrophic health costs.
    • Structural inefficiencies stem from an inefficient health care financing system.
    • Political instability and public distrust impede necessary health system reforms.