Classification of healthcare facilities: national approach and foreign experience

Abstract

The article is devoted to the definition, taking into account foreign experience, of the classification of health care institutions, the analysis of their main types, the outline of problems and shortcomings of the national systematization of medical institutions, the determination of factors influencing the types of medical institutions on their architectural planning. The purpose of the publication is the study of the classification of medical institutions in Ukraine and in foreign countries, the analysis of the main types of medical institutions, the determination of the level of influence of the variety and the purpose of the medical institution on its architectural and planning solution. The article examines the classifications of medical institutions in Ukraine and in foreign countries, emphasizes the dependence of the design of the architectural and planning organization of health care institutions on the purpose, scope and type of medical institution. In Ukraine, despite the approval of the new DBN V.2.2-10:2022 "Health care facilities", the list of types of health care facilities is determined by the order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine dated 10.28.2002 No. 385. At the same time, an analysis of the normatively approved classification of health care institutions is evidenced by its shortcomings, lack of systematicity, lack of clearly defined relevant classification criteria, in some places, the obsolescence of some of its provisions and inappropriate detailing. In this aspect, it is emphasized the need to revise the classification of health care facilities, which was approved by the mentioned order, taking into account modern realities and foreign experience, their functional purpose and architectural and design solution.