STUDY OF THE "THRESHOLD WILLINGNESS TO PAY" FOR USE INNOVATIVE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH LEUKEMIA IN UKRAINE
The article presents the results of the first study in Ukraine indicators «threshold willingness to pay» for the use of innovative medical technology in order to preserve one year of quality of life of patients with leukemia. We carried out a survey of patients with leukemia was conducted in a number of regions of Ukraine during the 2010-2013. It was found that the rate of “willingness to pay threshold” depends on a number of demogra- phic (gender, age) and socio-economic (income level, social status, etc.) variables. The results of the research can be used in the development of rational mechanisms of financing system to pharmaceutical providing of leukemia patients in Ukraine in conditions of introduction of compulsory health insurance.