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Abstract: Due to the changed world healthcare
priorities, the governments are trying to adapt their countries’ healthcare
systems to better respond to the updated requests from the population and
technological progress. Nowadays, there is a rapidly changing healthcare
environment, geopolitical background and increased expenditure on health
globally. The aim of this article is to examine the challenges, which are faced
by Georgian Healthcare system regarding fulfilling the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) in recent years. The aim of the research was also to examine
healthcare access of the population. By this article, we are trying to discuss
the sustainability of healthcare systems of several EU countries, such as
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Spain and Sweden in comparison to Georgia.
Methodology: The
analysis of literature, sustainable development goals was conducted to find the
links connecting health promotion and sustainable development goals considering
data of European countries in relation to Georgia. In the process of work, we
have also used methods of comparative analysis.
Results: We have found that inequalities in health care
access still exist. To bridge this gap and ensure equitable healthcare
provision, addressing disparities is critical. Various determinants of health
need attention, to find the way for achieving our common objective of Health
for all and achieving the Sustainable Development Goal targets (1). We have
examined the several European countries demographic and socioeconomic context,
access to healthcare services, Health system resources key indicators, Health
status key indicators, new technologies development and resources, performance of
healthcare systems.
Conclusions: The importance of studying Health Care systems based on the Sustainable Development Goals targeting Health issues as well as achieving universal coverage of health services was found during our research. In terms of increasing access to healthcare, the most important achievement was the implementation of the universal healthcare program in 2013, which led to the universal coverage of the population with state-funded healthcare services. The sustainable improvement has been made since the beginning of the healthcare reform in Georgia, but the ever-changed world, new challenges, technological development, progress in financing systems enables countries to transform their healthcare systems continuously, and of course, Georgia is not the exception. |
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