On June 8, the parliament started considering a package of draft laws necessary to launch a full-scale healthcare reform. Several changes introduced in 2015-2016, such as medical subvention, transfer of state-level procurement to international organizations, introduction of e-procurement system Prozorro, abolishment of dependence of hospital staffing on the number of beds etc. were important prerequisites for the reform. However, the draft laws under consideration imply a paradigm shift – from financing a healthcare facility to financing a service provided to a patient (see Box 2 for an overview).
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A Ukrainian military doctor prepares for surgery in the Pokrovsk military hospital on May 15, 2017, in the Ukraininan-controlled Donetsk Oblast city of 26,000 people.
