EVALUATION OF PROCESSES OF SAVING POPULATION HEALTH: THEORETICAL AND METHODICAL BASES AND THEIR APPENDIX
The work is devoted to the evaluation of the health preservation of the population of territorial entities as an integral part of the solution of the problem of saving the population included in the number of priority directions for the development of the country and its regions. The theoretical and methodological foundations for solving this problem are proposed, which differ from existing approaches, first, by adopting the expanded interpretation of the category «health» as basic provisions and using the concept of «health saving», justified by the author, as the basic terms; secondly, the possibility of obtaining a quantitative assessment of the level and dynamics of the development of this process and identifying its focus and, thirdly, developing a methodological tool for determining the indicator of the development of health preservation processes and its application to the Volga Federal District. Based on the results of approbation of the proposed health saving indicator, carried out for the regions of the Volga Federal District, a comparative assessment of its level for 2010 and 2016 was carried out, and three types of regions were identified with a multidirectional dynamics of its change as the basis for making management decisions in the area of preserving the health of the population living in the specific territories. The use of this indicator in the practice of territorial management in the development of strategic documents of territorial development in the medium and long term is suggested.