[MECHANISM OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS IN THE HEALTHCARE SPHERE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND UKRAINE: FINANCIAL AND LEGAL...

The objective of the article is a comparative and legal study of the models for the organization of public procurements in the healthcare field in the EU and Ukraine. Theoretical and empirical methods of cognition were used to achieve this goal, namely, methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization, as well as comparative and legal method in analyzing the experience of the EU countries in organizing public procurements. The conducted study suggests that the public procurement mechanism in the healthcare sector exists in most states. However, the legal regulation in this area differs significantly in different states. It has been established that a significant part of the states use centralized procurements. The shortcomings of the legal regulation of public procurements in Ukraine have been revealed and the ways to solve them have been offered. The authors have indicated the necessity of using international experience in organizing public procurements in the healthcare sector, in particular, with respect to: centralized procurements with the introduction of procurement groups or consortia (Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy); activities of specially created centralized organizations (Austria, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Portugal) decentralized procurements (Sweden). In order to improve the legal regulation of public procurements in the healthcare field, the authors have proved the necessity of making amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Public Procurements".