Editing Ukraine (section)

=== Health ===
{{main|Health in Ukraine}}{{Update section|date=March 2022}}
Ukraine's healthcare system is state subsidised and freely available to all Ukrainian citizens and registered residents. However, it is not compulsory to be treated in a state-run hospital as a number of private medical complexes do exist nationwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bestofukraine.com/travel-essentials/medical-care.html |title=Medical Care in Ukraine. Health system, hospitals and clinics |publisher=BestOfUkraine.com |date=1 May 2010 |access-date=30 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209112933/http://bestofukraine.com/travel-essentials/medical-care.html |archive-date=9 December 2010}}</ref> The public sector employs most healthcare professionals, with those working for private medical centres typically also retaining their state employment as they are mandated to provide care at public health facilities on a regular basis.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Romaniuk |first1=Piotr |last2=Semigina |first2=Tetyana |date=23 November 2018 |title=Ukrainian health care system and its chances for successful transition from Soviet legacies |journal=Global Health |volume=14 |issue=116 |page=116 |doi=10.1186/s12992-018-0439-5 |issn=1744-8603 |pmc=6260664 |pmid=30470237 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

[[File:Міська дитяча лікарня (Кременчук) - 04.JPG|thumb|upright=0.9|The municipal children's hospital in [[Kremenchuk]], [[Poltava Oblast]]]]
All of Ukraine's medical service providers and hospitals are subordinate to the [[Ministry of Healthcare (Ukraine)|Ministry of Healthcare]], which provides oversight and scrutiny of general medical practice as well as being responsible for the day-to-day administration of the healthcare system. Despite this, standards of hygiene and patient-care have fallen.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ukraine |url=http://europe-cities.com/destinations/ukraine/health/ |title=Health in Ukraine. Healthcare system of Ukraine |publisher=Europe-cities.com |access-date=30 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016045731/http://europe-cities.com/destinations/ukraine/health/ |archive-date=16 October 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ukraine faces a number of major public health issues{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} and is considered to be in a demographic crisis because of its high death rate, low birth rate, and high emigration.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://phys.org/news/2023-04-dying-ukrainian-voices-depopulation-crisis.html |title='We are dying out here': Study hears Ukrainian voices on depopulation crisis |work=Phys.org |date=27 April 2023 |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> A factor contributing to the high death rate is a high [[mortality rate]] among working-age males from preventable causes such as [[alcohol poisoning]] and smoking.<ref name="worldbank1">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbank.org/html/prddr/trans/julaug99/pgs3-4.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720122016/http://www.worldbank.org/html/prddr/trans/julaug99/pgs3-4.htm |archive-date=20 July 2009 |title=What Went Wrong with Foreign Advice in Ukraine? |access-date=16 January 2008 |website=The World Bank Group}}</ref>

Active reformation of Ukraine's healthcare system was initiated right after the appointment of [[Ulana Suprun]] as a head of the [[Ministry of Healthcare (Ukraine)|Ministry of Healthcare]].<ref name="Rada Reform">{{cite web |url=https://www.unian.info/politics/2195911-ukraine-parliament-greenlights-healthcare-reform.html |title=What do you need to know about the healthcare reform in Ukraine? |date=19 October 2017 |publisher=[[Ukrainian Independent Information Agency|UNIAN]] |access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref> Assisted by deputy Pavlo Kovtoniuk, Suprun first changed the distribution of finances in healthcare.<ref name="Kovtoniuk">{{cite web |url=http://uacrisis.org/55560-medichni-zakladi-moz#prettyPhoto |title=Ministry of Health: Medical institutions will receive guidance on how to convert to enterprises |date=24 April 2017 |publisher=[[Ukraine Crisis Media Center]] |access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref> Funds must follow the patient. General practitioners will provide basic care for patients. The patient will have the right to choose one. Emergency medical service is considered to be fully funded by the state. [[Emergency Medicine Reform in Ukraine since 2016|Emergency Medicine Reform]] is also an important part of the healthcare reform. In addition, patients who suffer from chronic diseases, which cause a high toll of disability and mortality, are provided with free or low-price medicine.<ref name="Drugs">{{cite web |url=http://uacrisis.org/60230-need-know-healthcare-reform-ukraine |title=What do you need to know about the healthcare reform in Ukraine? |date=11 September 2017 |publisher=[[Ukraine Crisis Media Center]] |access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref>