Which medical services in Ukraine will become fully paid, and which will have to be partially paid for

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In this way, the Ministry of Health hopes, we should overcome fraudulent extortion of funds from patients.

We are talking about a list of cases in which institutions public and communally owned health care facilities may provide paid medical and additional services to patients not covered by the medical guarantee program.

“This will contribute to the reduction of informal payments and the reduction of cases of corruption violations, as each patient will clearly know what is covered and what is not covered by the medical guarantee program,” said Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko.

How is it will take place, and most importantly, how should patients navigate what costs money, what only needs to be paid for, and what should be free?

By the end of 2024, medical institutions must form lists of paid services, determine their value, publish on their official sitesand placed on information stands in hospital premises. In addition to complete information with a list of paid medical services and an indication of their cost, a complete list of free medical services provided within the framework of the state guarantee program should be available. And from January 1, 2025 the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers regarding the list of paid services should come into effect.

In what cases will medical services be paid in full:

• if the patient applies without a doctor's referral. But this does not apply to cases where a referral is not required. Without a referral, you can contact: an obstetrician-gynecologist, a psychiatrist, a narcologist, a dentist, a phthisiologist, a doctor who is under the supervision of a patient with a chronic disease;
• if health care institutions provide medical services for contracts with legal entities;
• if the patient applies to health care institutions of the security and defense sector and the State Administration of Patient Affairs, but does not belong to the attached contingent;
• if the patient wants to receive medical services that are not covered under the program of state guarantees of medical care for the population.

< p>In some cases, patients will pay only for additional services, the cost of the medical service itself will be covered by the medical guarantee program. This is about:

• if the patient wants to receive medical services at home, although this is not due to his medical condition;
• if he wants to independently to choose a treating doctor during planned inpatient treatment;
• if he chooses a ward with an increased level of comfort during inpatient treatment.

Regarding payment for medical services, their list and cost should be not only on the stands and websites of hospitals, but also in the electronic health care system – with an indication of the source of payment. Payment for them should be made exclusively in non-cash form.