Results of a comparative analysis of the dynamics of healthcare expenditure from the GDP of countries, cash payments from families and state expenditures on healthcare in Ukraine, Poland and in the WHO European countries

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https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-4852.2021.225443

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medical care, healthcare, pharmaceutical care, healthcare financing

Abstract

The aim: to conduct a comparative analysis of the dynamics of health expenditures from GDP, cash expenditures of families and public expenditures on health in Ukraine, Poland and the countries of the WHO European Region.

Materials and methods. The object of the research was the data of the WHO European Office. Historical, analytical-comparative, systemic, logical, graphic, mathematical-statistical and other research methods were used.

Research results. It was found that all indicators of the analysis in Ukraine had an unstable character of changes in the years dynamics. Since 1995, Poland and European countries have seen a systematic increase in total health spending (%) of the country's GDP. The indicator of out-of-pocket expenses of families on medical and pharmaceutical support in Ukraine was significantly higher than in Poland and European countries, and its average values ​​in Ukraine were 1.5 times higher than in Poland. In 2014, this indicator reached its maximum (46.2 %) against the background of an increase in government spending (%) of total health spending (from 11.9 % to 12.7 %). In 2014, this indicator exceeded similar values ​​in Poland by 2.0 times and 1.7 times in European countries. In contrast, in Poland, the out-of-pocket expenses of families on medical and pharmaceutical support have been steadily decreasing from 30.0 % to 22.1 %, and since 2010 they have been lower than in European countries. According to government spending as a percentage of total health spending in Europe and Poland, there was a trend towards a gradual increase from 11.0 % to 13.2 % (European countries) and from 8.2 % to 10.7 % (Poland). The corresponding Ukrainian data were higher than in Poland and lower than in European countries (from 10.8 % to 11.4 %). Against the background of the unstable nature of the dynamics of changes in indicators characterizing the participation of the state in financing health care in Ukraine, since 2005, there has been an increase in the cash expenditures of Ukrainian families for relevant needs. As a result of systemic transformations in Poland, on the threshold of its accession to the EU (May 1, 2004), since 2005, there has been a decrease in the out-of-pocket expenditures of families against the background of a slight increase in % of public spending on health care.

Conclusions. The unstable nature of the dynamics of changes in domestic indicators, in comparison with similar data that was observed in Poland and the countries of the WHO European Region, suggests the need to introduce more decisive actions, which should lead to a reformatting of the role of the state in financing the health system

Author Biographies

Hanna Panfilova, National University of Pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor

Department of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy

Anzhela Olkhovska, National University of Pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Associate professor

Department of Pharmaceutical Management and Marketing

Lyubov Boboshko, Donetsk National Medical University

Assistant

Department of General and Biological Chemistry No. 1

Gennadii Iurchenko, National University of Pharmacy

PhD, Associate professor

Department of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy,

Maksym Bandura, Municipal non-profit enterprise Druzhkivka City Clinical Hospital No. 1

Ophthalmologist

Dominik Zyro, Medical University of Lodz

Department of Bioinorganic Chemistry

Department of Medicinal Chemistry

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Panfilova, H., Olkhovska, A., Boboshko, L., Iurchenko, G., Bandura, M., & Zyro, D. (2021). Results of a comparative analysis of the dynamics of healthcare expenditure from the GDP of countries, cash payments from families and state expenditures on healthcare in Ukraine, Poland and in the WHO European countries. ScienceRise: Pharmaceutical Science, (1 (29), 17–24. https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-4852.2021.225443

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