Kyiv, 1.10.2004

Human health is priceless. It is inherited but, unfortunately, it is worn away with laps of time. Health is the category that is bound to the very person that is why it is very difficult to price it. The two-day seminar that took place in Kyiv 28-29 September 2004 (the EU Project Health Financing and Management in Ukraine) was devoted to the problem of pricing healthcare services.

The representatives of the Ministry of Health, international experts from Poland, Finland, healthcare administrators, scientists, and journalists took part in the work of the seminar.

The following topics were covered in the seminar presentations:

• Buying Health
• Comparative Analysis for Acute Hospitals Payment Systems
• Experience of Some Countries: Payment for Case
• Calculation Methods and Information Needs in Calculation of Prime Cost
• Methods of defining healthcare providers’ expenses in Ukraine
• Comparative Analysis for Ambulatory Care Payment Systems
• Practical Use of Payment-for-Case System in Hospitals. Information systems. Codes for Diseases and Procedures

Speakers expressed their opinions on what healthcare economy is, what factors influence its condition, what tasks the healthcare management is facing, what is the right way to make series of management decisions, and how to use the current and new models of healthcare management. The experts consider that standard market mechanisms cannot be used in the healthcare sector. That is why it is important to take into account the experience of other countries and specifics of the national system.

Besides, during the seminar there were discussed the issues of healthcare services prime cost calculation and the use of information systems in the activity of healthcare facilities.

	GVG/CII/ EPOS
This project is funded by the European Union Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus 10 Kruhlo-Universytetska St, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01024 Tel: +38 (044) 462 00 10 Fax: +38 (044) 462 09 20	A project implemented by GVG/CII/ EPOS Project office Kiev 59-b, 40-letiya (sorokaletiya) Oktyabrya prospect Kiev local clinic hospital 10 Tel.: 380-44-265-32-83 380-44-257-24-42 Fax: 380- 44-257-36-76 www.healthfin.kiev.ua	This project is funded by the EUROPEAN UNION. The European Union numbers 25 Member States: 25 different nations deter-mined to shape their future closely together. Over a period of enlargement of 40 years, they have, together, built a zone of peace, stability, progress and solidarity. The European Union is a model for overcoming conflict and promoting reconciliation through close co-operation to achieve common goals, while respecting national sovereignty and territorial integrity. But the EU is not focused on itself: its ambition is to share its achievements and its values with countries and peoples beyond its borders. The European Commission is the EU's executive body.