The assessment of environmental measures in healthcare institutions as a factor in improving the economic efficiency of production activities

In recent years, Ukraine has accumulated a number of urgent environmental problems, including the disposal ofmedical 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 determinetheir impact on improving the economic efficiency of production activities. The study aims to identify the relationshipbetween 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 thematerials of the internal reporting documentation of the departments of the healthcare institution under study wereused 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 wellas the share of expenditures for the destruction and neutralization of solid and liquid medical waste in the total amountof expenditures for environmental protection measures and the rational use of natural resources. Based on theseindicators, the structure of the enterprise’s environmental costs has been analyzed, and the dynamics of changes inthese expenditures has been traced.Conclusions. A set of environmental measures in a healthcare institution to improve an effective environmentalprotection system has been proposed, which will contribute to improving the economic efficiency of production andundoubtedly improve the environmental situation in the country. Obtaining environmental, economic and social effectsfrom the complex developed and organizational and technological actions implemented in the healthcare institutionhas been proven.