The main ways of increasing the efficiency of regional medical equipment service infrastructure set-up

摘要

Purpose: to define the main ways of increasing the efficiency of regional medical equipment service infrastructure set-up.Methodology: the method of system approach, comparison and confrontation, SWOT-analysis, table and abstract-logical methods. Results: the priority regional policy directions for regulation of the relations in the field of medical equipment maintenance were defined, including: the development and implementation of the regional medical equipment infrastructure monitoring system; the maintenance department creation on the basis of regional medical establishment; the development of the medical equipment maintenance staff training system; the amount of financing restoration for the healthcare establishments etc. Practical implications: the research results can be used in the authorities’ activities connected with health service programme development and implementation, with regional budget suggestions preparation in the section of healthcare expenditures.