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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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/911321531228767532/Tracking-the-health-resources-in-Ukraine http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30182 |
| Summary: | 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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