The assessment of environmental measures in healthcare institutions as a factor in improving the economic efficiency of production activities
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24959/nphj.25.171Keywords:
healthcare institution; environmental measures; environmental efficiency; environmental protection measuresAbstract
In recent years, Ukraine has accumulated a number of urgent environmental problems, including the disposal of
medical and pharmaceutical waste. This problem has appeared before society as one of the global ones, which threatens to increase the waste accumulation and its negative impact on the environment and human health.
Aim. To analyze and assess environmental measures implemented in healthcare institutions in order to determine
their impact on improving the economic efficiency of production activities. The study aims to identify the relationship
between implementing environmental initiatives and optimizing costs, increasing productivity, and improving the overall sustainability of healthcare institutions.
Materials and methods. Analytical, statistical, systemic structural-logical and calculation methods, as well as the
materials of the internal reporting documentation of the departments of the healthcare institution under study were
used in the work.
Results. The article determines the share of capital expenditures in the total amount of expenditures for environmental protection measures and the rational use of natural resources in the healthcare institution under study, as well
as the share of expenditures for the destruction and neutralization of solid and liquid medical waste in the total amount
of expenditures for environmental protection measures and the rational use of natural resources. Based on these
indicators, the structure of the enterprise’s environmental costs has been analyzed, and the dynamics of changes in
these expenditures has been traced.
Conclusions. A set of environmental measures in a healthcare institution to improve an effective environmental
protection system has been proposed, which will contribute to improving the economic efficiency of production and
undoubtedly improve the environmental situation in the country. Obtaining environmental, economic and social effects
from the complex developed and organizational and technological actions implemented in the healthcare institution
has been proven.
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