Management of the Health Care System in the Conditions of Population Aging: Information, Analytical and Methodical Dimension

ABSTRACT

The scientific article evaluates the current areas of health care management in the context of population aging. The peculiarities of population aging in some countries and regions (according to the level of economic development) have been clarified;including among women and men. The main structural reasons that determine the rate of population aging are identified demographic, social, economic, environmental. The consequences of population aging for Ukrainian society, first of all its impact on the health care system, have been identified. The state of health of elderly people in Ukraine is analyzed and the priority directions of its preservation are substantiated. The methodological principles of calculating the health index and determining the characteristics of population inequality in terms of health from the standpoint of population aging (separately for men and women) are summarized. The main goals of health care development in the context of aging and the COVID-19 pandemic have been identified. © 2021 IEEE.