Analysis of Stages of Implementation of International Concept of Essential Medicines in the System of Health of Ukraine

Abstract

The article contains results of research of implementation of international concept of essential medicines in the system of health protection of Ukraine. The authors an alyzed three National lists of essential medicines, which had been approved in 2001, 2006 and 2009.They used historical, comparative, logical, mathematical statistic and other methods of research. The authors determined that since the first National list of essential medicines in Ukraine had been approved in 2011, there hasn’t been a single approach (by methodology) to a selection and inclusion of medicines to the composition of the above-mentioned list. Moreover, there hasn’t been a single approach to the formation of National list of essential medicines as well. It was the third National list of essential medicines(2009) by the formation and order of medicines presentation, which followed international ecommendations of World Health Organization.