Public Policy in the Sphere of Health Protection In Leading Countries of Europe: Legal Aspect

Abstract

The article examines the state policy in the field of health care in the leading European countries: Sweden, Germany and France. The purpose of this article is to analyze and systematize the basic organizational and legal foundations of state health policy in the EU and to develop recommendations for improving and reforming the Ukrainian health care system. The research was carried out in terms of the principles of historicism, objectivity, versatility, complementarity and validity, which created a reliable methodological basis for a comprehensive analysis of the subject. The work used comparative law, formal law, system-structural, classification method, modelling method, specific statistics, historical law and other methods of scientific analysis in accordance with the subject of research. The paper argues that public health policy is unique in each country, and its formation has been influenced by the historical past, political regime, national mentality and other factors. The article emphasizes the need to create a special code of laws in this area in Ukraine during the reform of the health care system, which will contribute to the quality of legal regulation of relations between patients, health care facilities, insurance companies and the state. The authors believe that one of the further directions of reforming the health care system of Ukraine should first of all be the introduction of compulsory state health insurance. It is substantiated that insurance should be carried out on a tripartite basis: deductions from the income of entrepreneurs, deductions from the state budget and insurance premiums. The need to strengthen measures aimed at preventing the occurrence of the disease has been proved.