ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ОПЛАТИ ПРАЦІ ЛІКАРНЯНИХ ЗАКЛАДІВ В УМОВАХ COVID-19

Abstract

Clearly, the issue of decent wages for health workers is a priority today in the world. Salaries of doctors in public institutions in our country are the cornerstone of Ukrainian medicine: doctors complain that it is low, and the government promises to increase it. Medical workers in Ukraine receive low wages compared to other countries, which is not enough even for basic living needs. There is a lot of debate about how health care financing should work in our country. Obviously, the situation needs to change. After the medical reform in our country, any medical institution that has received the status of a municipal non-profit enterprise can regulate the salaries of employees at its discretion. The formation of a doctor's salary in a state institution begins at the level of bills prescribed by the state, and ends with the decisions of the institution's management, because it decides how the hospital budget will be distributed. Medical and other workers who are directly involved in the eradication of the disease among people on COVID-19, there is a surcharge to the salary of up to 300%. Today, the Government of Ukraine has prepared a number of regulations on the remuneration of medical workers in order to increase the prestige of their work, which is an important step in the future to address issues, especially in the context of COVID-19. Thus, raising wages in general and the medical sector in particular is a guarantee of improving the general welfare of the population, gross domestic product, average life expectancy, reducing migration of Ukrainians, but at the same time you can see the other side of the coin – rising unemployment, inflation, consumer prices, low the level of purchasing power of the population, etc. It is possible to overcome the negative consequences only if the Government of Ukraine will consistently and gradually pursue its policies in the financial, political, economic, social, external and other spheres. It is clear that this is a long-term process that requires a lot of time and effort from both the state and society.