Kyiv, Sept. 1st 2004

The EU Project "Health Financing and Management in Ukraine" on September, 13th - 14th in Kharkiv and on September, 16th - 17th in Zhytomir is to hold an open seminar entitled "Contracting, medical services cost accounting and financial funds management in local health care establishments: EU countries practice".

During the seminar, experts from Finland, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Poland are to share their experience in contracting and medical services cost accounting in their countries.

The seminar includes presentations, discussions in working groups and plenary sessions.

The seminar program aims at the coverage of the following issues:

  • Change of legal status and administrative restructuring of health care establishments: regulatory framework of Ukraine
  • Medical services contracting in Estonia
  • Medical services contracting in the Czech Republic
  • Role and tasks of local authorities in Poland
  • Financial funds management in health care system
  • Medical services cost accounting in EU countries: Finland's experience

Within the framework of the Project, in August, 2004, in Zolochivsky rayon (Kharkiv oblast) and Popilnyansky rayon (Zhytomirska oblast) there was held a survey aimed at the study of public assessment of the current medical services quality and the public awareness of health insurance issues. The survey results are to be covered at the seminar as well.