LEGAL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL REFORM’S IMPLEMENTATION: POLAND’S EXPERIENCE FOR UKRAINE

Abstract

The academic paper has analyzed the experience of implementing the reform of the health care system in Poland, taking into account the legal regulation of the measures taken.The attention is focused on the basic stages of the medical reform, as well as the features of each stage. The legal aspects of the process of reforming the health care system in Poland have been investigated; they determine the sources and methods of financing health services, the level of quality of health care and the functioning of the health care system in general. The individual components of the health care system related to compulsory health insurance have been described. Based on the analysis, it has been proved that in practice there is no single universal model of financing the health care system. The experience of the functioning of health care in Poland has shown that the experience of reforming the health care system in Poland can be successfully implemented in the practice of medical reform in Ukraine, provided that the historical, economic and cultural features of the country are taken into account. It has been concluded that in order to improve measures to reform the medical system of Ukraine it is necessary to develop and implement measures aimed at the development of health insurance and medical self-government. Introduction of health insurance in Ukraine will help improve medical services, improve the management of the entire health care system and its financing.