Public-private partnerships in the healthcare sphere: legal models in Ukraine and foreign countries

Abstract

The article discusses certain aspects of the legal regulation of public-private partnerships in the health sector in Ukraine and foreign countries. The subject of the study is the legislative acts of public-private partnerships in healthcare field, its types and directions for their implementation. The varieties of public-private partnership forms in healthcare field in foreign countries and Ukraine are clarified. Process of reforming the healthcare sector, introduction of standards and criteria of best practices of European countries on the issues of partnership under study in national legislation is appropriate and promising. The aim of the article is to disclose the features of legal regulation of public-private partnerships implementation in the healthcare field in foreign countries and Ukraine. The methodology of this work is based on a set of research methods. The comparative method was used to clarify the legal aspects of public-private partnerships in the healthcare field and the possibility of its use in Ukraine, to analyze indicators that determine the success of partnership projects in foreing countries. Using the method of theoretical analysis, systemic and analytical methods, the term of “public-private partnership in the healthcare field” was established, types of contracts, signs of public-private partnership, categories of such partnership models in world practice are given. Experience of the EU countries on public-private partnerships in healthcare field, the introduction of changes in healthcare management system in accordance with requirements of European law is positive for Ukraine.