Malachynska, M.
(2023).
Management of perinatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine: Organizational and legal mechanism.
Democratic Governance,
16(1),
185-197.
https://doi.org/10.23939/dg2023.01.185
A general assessment of the organizational and legal mechanisms of the prenatal stage of perinatal care in Ukraine in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is made. The practical aspects of this process at the regional level are analyzed. The main directions of improving the state regulation of perinatal care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic are identified and a model of rapid response to the spread of infection for the provision of medical services to pregnant women is proposed
perinatal care, state policy, COVID-19, organizational mechanism, legal mechanism, maternity care, quality of care
Received 26.12.2022, Revised 14.03.2023, Accepted 03.05.2023
Retrieved from Volume 16, No. 1, 2023
https://doi.org/10.23939/dg2023.01.185
Pages 185-197
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