Tracking the Health Resources in Ukraine

While Ukraine has spent a significant amount of resources on health, its health outcomes fare poorly when compared with other European countries. For example, average life expectancy at birth in Ukraine has improved from the lowest, 66.8 years in 1...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/911321531228767532/Tracking-the-health-resources-in-Ukraine
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spelling okr-10986-301822021-05-25T09:16:27Z Tracking the Health Resources in Ukraine World Bank Group PUBLIC EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FINANCE BUDGET EXECUTION BED CAPACITY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM While Ukraine has spent a significant amount of resources on health, its health outcomes fare poorly when compared with other European countries. For example, average life expectancy at birth in Ukraine has improved from the lowest, 66.8 years in 1995 to 71.4 years in 2016, but is still nine years behind the EU average of 80.6 years. The country has much higher death rates related to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) than the neighboring countries on their west. The suboptimal health outcomes point to the inefficient use of public resources, which is magnified by the shortage of funds during the recent economic crisis and conflicts. However, although the Public Finance Review (PFR)has been conducted recently to assess the allocation and effectiveness of public spending,there is no study to track the resource flows in order to identify the magnitude of theinefficiency and waste in the health sector. 2018-08-09T19:22:13Z 2018-08-09T19:22:13Z 2018-07 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/911321531228767532/Tracking-the-health-resources-in-Ukraine http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30182 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Health Sector Review Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Ukraine
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topic PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH FINANCE
BUDGET EXECUTION
BED CAPACITY
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM
spellingShingle PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH FINANCE
BUDGET EXECUTION
BED CAPACITY
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM
World Bank Group
Tracking the Health Resources in Ukraine
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Ukraine
description While Ukraine has spent a significant amount of resources on health, its health outcomes fare poorly when compared with other European countries. For example, average life expectancy at birth in Ukraine has improved from the lowest, 66.8 years in 1995 to 71.4 years in 2016, but is still nine years behind the EU average of 80.6 years. The country has much higher death rates related to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) than the neighboring countries on their west. The suboptimal health outcomes point to the inefficient use of public resources, which is magnified by the shortage of funds during the recent economic crisis and conflicts. However, although the Public Finance Review (PFR)has been conducted recently to assess the allocation and effectiveness of public spending,there is no study to track the resource flows in order to identify the magnitude of theinefficiency and waste in the health sector.
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title Tracking the Health Resources in Ukraine
title_short Tracking the Health Resources in Ukraine
title_full Tracking the Health Resources in Ukraine
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/911321531228767532/Tracking-the-health-resources-in-Ukraine
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