Ukrainian healthcare market is estimated at $4.9 billion, $2.4 of which are patients’ medical expenses. At the same time, 90% of medical services are provided by state and municipal clinics, which fail to deliver the necessary scale and quality of treatment.

The ILF client’s family has been using the services of one of the largest Kiev clinics for some time. When the client's daughter was diagnosed with bilateral inguinal hernia, they chose to have the surgery at the same medical facility.
 

Growing up, Tetyana Gavrysh wanted to be a doctor. But when the crucial time before her university years came, she opted to follow in the footsteps of her father and train to become a lawyer.

After the reform, Ukrainian healthcare market will adhere to the doctrines of “patients equal money”, “free choice of doctors”, “accessible and comprehensive medical treatment” and “higher efficiency”. We’ll see how those precepts are going to work in the new environment.

For the past two years Ukrainian healthcare has been getting increasingly attractive for investment due to the healthcare reform. However, since the reform is yet legislatively unfulfilled, investors from Turkey, Israel, Georgia, United States and other countries are still on the fence, preferring to observe the market for the time being.