SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ROLE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE THERAPEUTIC RESORT ACTIVITY IN THE FEDERAL REGIONS OF RUSSIA: BASIC COURSES AND DYNAMICS
In modern social and economic conditions when the general incidence of the population increases and quality of life decreases, it is necessary to develop the concept of development of national therapeutic resort branch at the state level. Resorts possess unique opportunities (natural medical resources and the highly professional medical personnel) who will allow a solution of many social and demographic problems of the society. Now it is necessary to analyse the main tendencies of functioning of the therapeutic resort industry of Russia and to reveal the perspective directions of further social and economic development. The paper considers the main social and demographic indicators of the population of Russia and certain federal districts, which define the level of the general incidence. The dependence between the level of the income of the population and demand for the therapeutic services is established. The detailed analysis of the development of therapeutic activity in various territories of the country is carried out. It is shown that, at present, not far all regions in Russia develop the concept of the sustainable development of resort and recreational activity as one of the most socially focused directions of the economic development of the territory. Regional authorities need to be engaged actively in studying of the natural medical resources and to create the necessary conditions for the development of the therapeutic resort complex. At the national level, it is necessary to develop the long-term program for the development of the therapeutic resort activity of the country, in which the main resort centers and perspective medical and recreational districts would be reflected.