System of Primary Health Care in Kiev Military-Medical Center
Abstract
The strategy of the World Health Organization (%WHO) concerning the reorientation of health service to the primary medical care (PMC) is accepted by the majority of the states of the world. There are strong methodical, financial and economical arguments for this. Taking into account the urgency and the importance of this problem, the Ministers of Health of many nations have accepted the Lublin Charter in 1996 which recommends that all health care systems develop and improve the PMC. The specific features of the health care system reform in Ukraine, the status of its financing, the process of decentralization and the transition to a market economy, all also emphasise the need to give a high priority to PMC. The main purpose and tasks of the reform of PMC are: a) the gradual improvement of the health status of the population by the introduction of preventive measures by early diagnosis of diseases and by improving health care access and quality b) to distribute health care in an equitable manner across primary secondary and tertiary levels, c) the rationalization of all types of public health services, d) to reduce the costs of medical care by restricting specialised medical care to cases that really need it, and e) to reduce the number of hospital admissions and to expand the network of day-care and medical aid stations, In this way, we will open the possibilities for the population as a whole to employ medical services we will increase the patient's opportunities to choose a doctor, and we will increase the responsibility of the physician for the health status of his patients.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADP010935
Entities
People
- L. A. Holyk
- M. P. Bojchack