Where are the most companies with medical licenses?
Almost 14 thousand companies have the right to practice medicine in Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (MoH) as of mid-October 2024. In 2024, 16% more medical licenses were issued than in the same period last year. Nursing, healthcare organization and management, and therapy are in demand. Every fifth licensed medical company is located in Kyiv.
13,887 companies and 28,054 sole proprietors have received licenses from the Ministry of Health. You cancheck whether a medical institution is legally operating and has the right to provide medical services in the Openatabot.
However, since the Ministry of Health does not publish TINs of sole proprietors, it is currently impossible to check whether such an entrepreneur has a medical license.
The peak of medical licenses was in 2019: 910 companies in 9 months. Since then, the number of new permits to work in the medical field has only been decreasing.
355 medical licenses have been issued to Ukrainian companies since the beginning of the year. This is 16.4% more than in the same period in 2023, but still less than before the full-scale war. During the same period in 2021, 670 licenses were issued.
Most of the issued medical licenses are valid: 81,1%.
Most licenses were issued for nursing – 87% of the total number of companies. Healthcare organization and management is next (81%), and therapy is the most popular (39%). It should be noted that one company can hold licenses for several areas.
Ultrasound diagnostics (30.6%), neurology (28.3%), obstetrics and gynecology (27.7%), and dentistry (26.9%) are somewhat less popular.
However, there are also areas that are almost not in demand. For example, forensic psychiatric examination or such narrow fields as forensic toxicology and cytology – only a few companies have licenses in these areas.
In general, most medical companies with valid licenses operate in Kyiv – 20%. This is followed by Dnipropetrovs’k region (8%), Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv regions (6% each).
The list of the largest licensed companies by revenue includes a large number of businesses that do not have a leading medical business. Mostly, these are companies that offer medical services to their employees. For example, the top company is Nibulon, one of the leaders of the Opendatabot’s Rating of the Largest Employers in Ukraine, which had UAH 22.9 billion in revenue last year.
“Obtaining a medical license was necessitated by the need to have professional medical support for the employees of the Transshipment Terminal in Mykolaiv, the largest facility in NIBULON’s network of transshipment complexes and elevators.
Since then, we have a first aid room here, which now provides services to employees, primarily to drivers of the company’s own vehicles at the stages of pre-trip and post-trip inspection,” comments Yana Romanenko, HR Director at NIBULON.
However, there are companies in the top that provide medical care to everyone – this is the M.T.K. Medical Center with a turnover of 4.2 billion in 2023.
Also, the top companies are Dobrobut Polyclinic Medical Center with a revenue of UAH 2.2 billion, Dila Medical Laboratory, which earned UAH 2 billion, and Cinevo Ukraine with a turnover of UAH 1.9 billion.
It is worth noting that the top list also includes pharmaceutical companies such as: “Darnitsa, Kyivmedpreparat, Zdorovye, and Borshchahivskiy Chemical and Pharmaceutical Plant.
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In 2023, the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) paid UAH 133.8 billion under the Medical Guarantee Program, and 16 million Ukrainians received medical care.
According to the NHSU in its press release, in particular, in 2023, UAH 99 billion was allocated to pay for specialized medical care, UAH 23 billion for primary healthcare services, and UAH 11 billion for emergency medical care.
The NHSU reminds that in 2024, the financing of the PMG will be increased by 12% to UAH 159 billion.
The 2024 PMG covers 44 service packages, including three new packages: “Treatment of infertility with the help of assisted reproductive technologies”, “Treatment of adults and children by organ transplantation” and “Treatment of adults and children by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation”.
At the same time, the NHSU clarified that the National Service will pay UAH 60,324 thousand for one full cycle of infertility treatment.
Demand for medical services for pregnancy management and routine medical examinations is growing in Ukraine, but there are many neglected cases, said Valery Zukin, chief operating officer of the Leleka multidisciplinary medical center.
“At the beginning of September, we can talk about a stable demand for childbirth, pregnancy management and other urgent and emergency health cases that cannot be planned or postponed in advance. At the same time, the demand for scheduled preventive examinations is growing. This is especially true for women – they are more likely to go to medical facilities for check-ups than men,” he told Interfax-Ukraine, commenting on the dynamics of demand for medical services in Ukraine.
Zukin also noted that “the number of ‘deferred’ medical care is growing – cases that do not require urgent resolution and can be returned to later, but should not be neglected at all.”
According to Zukin, in particular, there is an increase in surgical interventions for gynecological problems, hernias, gallbladder removal, removal of breast fibroadenomas, and various phlebology procedures and operations.
At the same time, Zukin emphasized that “since the beginning of the full-scale war, Ukrainians have become less health conscious.”
“As a result, medical experts note an increase in advanced cases. Therefore, I would like to emphasize that it is important to understand that it is better not to postpone treatment of some diseases,” he said.
Zukin also noted an increase in demand for so-called “non-medical” and “aesthetic services”.
“In our clinic, even before the full-scale invasion, such services accounted for a rather small percentage of the overall structure of the medical center’s services, but now various festive services during discharge from the obstetric hospital (photo and video discharge, a gala buffet, etc.) are quite popular. Also, aesthetic gynecology services and massages for pregnant women, etc. have gained considerable popularity,” he said.
In addition, the expert pointed out “the problem that is now gaining momentum in Ukraine is the unsatisfactory state of childhood vaccination.”
“At a time when parents are massively willing to pay for their children’s vaccinations on their own, certain bureaucratic problems prevent suppliers from importing a sufficient amount of the relevant drugs from abroad,” he said.
As reported, the number of medical services provided to Ukrainians in 2023 under the PMG has increased both compared to last year and the pre-war period. As of June, the number of patients who received medical care under each of the 2021 PFG packages amounted to 3.06 million patients, 3.55 million in 2022, and 4.22 million in 2023.
At the same time, 101.101 thousand patients received medical care during childbirth in 2023, 109.403 thousand patients in 2022, and 141.144 thousand patients in 2021.
Leleka Multifunctional Medical Center is one of the leading Ukrainian clinics in the field of obstetrics, gynecology, and general surgery. The medical center practices medical protocols approved in Ukraine, the United States and Western Europe. The Leleka Center for Modern Surgery provides surgical gynecology, mammology, vascular surgery (phlebology), proctology and urology, endocrine surgery, plastic, abdominal, bariatric, outpatient surgery, and endoscopy.
In 2019, Leleka was the first in Ukraine to receive JCI accreditation, one of the world’s most prestigious quality standards for medical institutions. The standard is based on the American system of medical accreditation of medical institutions based on the management of patient outcomes.
The JCI International Division accredits hospitals in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South America, and now in Ukraine. JCI annually updates its accreditation standards to expand its patient safety goals.
INGO Insurance Company provided 17% more medical services in August than in July, according to the website of the insurer.
It is also noted that the intensity of seeking medical care in August increased to 1.3 thousand per day.
In August, the company paid the insured UAH 25 million for all these services and medicines against UAH 17.8 million in July. Most of all, the IC paid for medical consultations (+21%), medicines (+22%), and instrumental diagnostics (+23). At the same time, dental care and payments for ophthalmology decreased by 3% and 8%, respectively. In addition, payments for hospitalization services (+13%) and fortification (+68%) increased.
“INGO” is a full member of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU), a member of the American Chamber of Commerce (ACC), the European Business Association (EBA) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
