15:00 26.09.2016

Groysman supports development of multi-level healthcare system in Ukraine

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Groysman supports development of multi-level healthcare system in Ukraine

Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman supports the development of a multi-level health system, including both the institute of the family physician and highly specialized clinics.

"There is no need to reinvent the wheel. It’s been already invented throughout the world. Look at the way our people live. What do we have? People die in the first years of retirement in our country. This is a big problem and challenge for all of us," Groysman said.

Groysman said there is a need to establish the institution of the family doctor as the primary level of medical care.

In addition, according to Groysman, a secondary level of medical care, which is more complicated, will be formed at the municipal level and more complex and specialized tertiary medical care will be provided at the regional level.

"The third level is a specialized medical care with a high level of complexity. This means that the third level belongs to the regional hospitals which should receive better equipment. Regional hospitals will not perform ordinary surgery," he said.

"If we are talking about highly complex surgeries – this is the fourth level, including metropolitan hospitals, hospitals of the system of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, where there is appropriate equipment and specialists, performing highly complex surgeries, such as organ transplantation," the premier said.

Groysman also said that the health financing system would be also changed.

"Today, money is invested in the hospitals, but we want to invest in specific people, in a specific medical service to promote competition between medical institutions. We can provide competitive salaries in this way," Groysman said.

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