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Reverse decoupling: Ukrainian case of healthcare financing system reform
International Journal of Public Sector Management ( IF 2.5 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-10 , DOI: 10.1108/ijpsm-10-2019-0262
Veronika Vakulenko , Anatoli Bourmistrov , Giuseppe Grossi

The purpose of this paper is to explore inter-organizational interactions that might result in prolonged decoupling between central governments' ideas and local governments' practices during the reform of an institutional field (i.e. healthcare).,The paper is based on a qualitative study of the centrally directed reform of the healthcare financing system in Ukraine and focusses on practices and reform ideas from 1991 to 2016.,The findings show that, for more than 25 years, local governments, as providers of healthcare services, faced two major problems associated with drawbacks of the healthcare financial system: line-item budgeting and fragmentation of healthcare funds. Over 25 years, central government's attempts to reform the healthcare financing system did not comprehensively or systematically address the stated problems. The reformers' ideas seemed to focus on creating reform agendas and issuing new laws, instead of paying attention to challenges in local practices.,This article has two main points that are relevant for practitioners. First, it calls for greater involvement from local actors during all stages of public sector reforms, in order to ensure the relevance of developed reform strategies. Second, it points to potential challenges that central governments may face when conducting healthcare financing system reforms in transitional economies.,The paper's contribution is twofold: it outlines reasons for problematic implementation of healthcare financing system reform in Ukraine and explains them through a “reverse decoupling” concept.

中文翻译:

反向脱钩:乌克兰医疗融资体制改革的案例

本文的目的是探讨组织间的相互作用,这种相互作用可能导致在体制领域(即医疗保健)改革过程中中央政府的思想与地方政府的实践之间的长期脱钩。乌克兰在1991年至2016年间对医疗保健融资体系进行了集中指导的改革,并侧重于实践和改革构想。研究结果表明,在超过25年的时间里,作为医疗保健服务提供者的地方政府面临着两个主要问题。医疗保健金融系统的缺点:项目预算和医疗保健资金分散。在过去的25年中,中央政府试图改革医疗融资体系的尝试并未全面或系统地解决上述问题。改革者的思想似乎集中在制定改革议程和颁布新法律上,而不是关注地方实践中的挑战。本文有两个与实践者相关的主要观点。首先,它呼吁地方行为者在公共部门改革的所有阶段中更多地参与,以确保已制定的改革战略的相关性。其次,它指出了中央政府在转型经济体中进行医疗筹资体系改革时可能面临的潜在挑战。本文的贡献是双重的:概述了乌克兰医疗筹资体系改革实施有问题的原因,并通过“反向脱钩”进行了解释。 “ 概念。而不是关注本地实践中的挑战。,本文有两个与实践者相关的要点。首先,它呼吁地方行为者在公共部门改革的所有阶段中更多地参与,以确保已制定的改革战略的相关性。其次,它指出了中央政府在转型经济体中进行医疗筹资体系改革时可能面临的潜在挑战。本文的贡献是双重的:概述了乌克兰医疗筹资体系改革实施有问题的原因,并通过“反向脱钩”进行了解释。 “ 概念。而不是关注本地实践中的挑战。,本文有两个与实践者相关的要点。首先,它呼吁地方行为者在公共部门改革的所有阶段中更多地参与,以确保已制定的改革战略的相关性。其次,它指出了中央政府在转型经济体中进行医疗筹资体系改革时可能面临的潜在挑战。本文的贡献是双重的:概述了乌克兰医疗筹资体系改革实施有问题的原因,并通过“反向脱钩”进行了解释。 “ 概念。为了确保已制定的改革战略具有现实意义。其次,它指出了中央政府在转型经济体中进行医疗筹资体系改革时可能面临的潜在挑战。本文的贡献是双重的:概述了乌克兰医疗筹资体系改革实施有问题的原因,并通过“反向脱钩”进行了解释。 “ 概念。为了确保已制定的改革战略具有现实意义。其次,它指出了中央政府在转型经济体中进行医疗筹资体系改革时可能面临的潜在挑战。本文的贡献是双重的:概述了乌克兰医疗筹资体系改革实施有问题的原因,并通过“反向脱钩”进行了解释。 “ 概念。
更新日期:2020-04-10
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