Improving the motivation mechanism of medical staff in Ukraine

Abstract

Modern Ukrainian society is characterized by the transformation processes in economics, revitalization of political processes, and also reformation of the social sphere, one of the most important components of which is the national healthcare system. Nowadays healthcare reform, and in fact creation of the new healthcare system, takes place in Ukraine. It must take the lead among the main priorities of the state policy. In our view, healthcare politics must be a core element underpinning the state policy and the country‟s development strategy, because the individual and nation‟s health state is one of the important and defining criteria of the national human capital‟s formation and development. Nowadays health indicators of Ukrainian nation, namely the life expectancy, physical and mental health, fertility and so on, are precariously low, and mortality, on the contrary, is extremely high. This represents the urgent need for rethinking the foundations of society‟s development. That‟s why understanding of the value of human life and health should form the basis of the whole social governance system, humanistic policies and the national healthcare system‟s transformation.