"In 2015, the government of Ukraine initiated transformative reforms of its health system with the goals of improving the health outcomes of the population and providing financial protection from excessive out-of-pocket health care payments. This was to be implemented through modernizing and integrating the service delivery system, introducing changes to provider payment arrangements that incentivize efficiency, and improving the quality of care. It culminated in the passage of a new health financing law--the Law on Financial Guarantees for Health Care Services 2017--which established a health benefit package called the Program of Medical Guarantees (PMG), and also created the National Health Services of Ukraine (NHSU) to serve as strategic purchaser for this program.
A joint World Health Organization--World Bank review of the early reforms was published in 2019 that took stock of reform progress since 2017. Two years later, implementation of the health financing reforms has progressed substantially, and it
