Berlinets I. Improving state regulation of medical rehabilitation care and services in Ukraine

In the dissertation work the scientific and practical task of substantiation of mechanisms and development of practical recommendations on improvement of the state regulation of medical rehabilitation system in Ukraine is generalized and solved. The dissertation defines the essence of the system of medical and rehabilitation care as an object of public administration. Based on the study of the system of medical and rehabilitation care as an object of state regulation, it is established that for its own effective functioning, this system must combine the mechanisms of public administration and self-regulation. The peculiarities of public administration mechanisms in the field of medical rehabilitation are highlighted. The conceptual apparatus of the science of public administration in the field of health care has been clarified. The foreign experience of the medical rehabilitation system has been studied on the example of several European Union countries. It is shown that the best foreign practices of building national systems of medical rehabilitation are based on the principle of continuous improvement of the quality of medical and rehabilitation care and services, their efficiency. The possibility of implementing and adapting the best foreign practices in the health care system of Ukraine should be supported by the state within the framework of public-private partnership.