Upharmacia January 2017 (Special Edition) | Page 7

Upharmacia January 2017 2016 YEAR SUMMARY HEALTH CARE SECTOR >> HEALTH CARE: BUDGET HEALTHCARE BUDGET 2016 $ 580 mio HEALTHCARE BUDGET 2017 $ 611 mio Old medical infrastructure, despite the extensive network of health care institutions (Ukraine keeps the 4 th place in the world in the number of hospital beds – 879 beds per 100 ths population), does not ensure provision of quality and timely health care for the population or high wages of health care workers, and the low level of financing leads to the need for comprehensive health care reform aimed at reaching European level by Ukrainian medicine. In Nov 2016, the Ukrainian government began a health care reform by the adoption of the Concept of health care reform financing. Key provisions of the Healthcare reforming concept: 1 Introduction of the National model of medical insurance Shift to the principle: “Money follows a patient” 2 Introduction of a guaranteed health care package 3 Creation of a single national public procurments organization + 4 Autonomous status of health care institutions 5 Introduction of reimbursement and reference pricing systems to increase the affordability of drugs Establishment of hospital districts REFERENCE PRICING & REIMBURESEMENT LIST EFFECTIVE DATE Apr 1, 2017 www.upharma-c.com ASTHMA TYPE II DIABETES 3 INNs 2 INNs ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION 16 INNs 7