The study of public administration in the field of health care system of Ukraine is a very promising direction due to the problems of public administration in the field.
 Healthcare scientists, in particular pharmacy, have presented quite a few works where public administration of the medical industry is considered as a subject of research. There are no comprehensive studies on this topic that would take into account the current trends in its development.
 The purpose of the study is to highlight the essence of public administration, analyze its stages and the history of its emergence and further development in the field of health care of Ukraine. The object of the study is information from relevant legal acts regulating the basic principles of public health care management. The information sources were data from online resources about the formation of state policy in the field of protection in Ukraine, informational materials about the essence, theoretical, scientific and social basis of the emergence of public administration. Documentary, informative, empirical research methods (generalization, comparison), document study were used for the research.
 The theoretical, methodological and scientific and practical principles of public administration in health care of Ukraine are considered. Normative legal acts have been developed that regulate the basic principles of public administration in health care, determine the goals of public administration bodies and establish their legal status.
 It was determined that the need to improve the policy in the field of health care system, in accordance with modern needs, which is carried out by public administration bodies, is extremely relevant and important for Ukraine.
 To improve public administration in accordance with updated public expectations, modern training programs for health care workers in the post-graduate education system are needed, as well as the training of specialists at the second (master's) level of higher pharmaceutical education, in particular, the educational and professional program «Health Technology Assessment».
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