Strategic priorities for regional health development in the context of world and industry trends

Abstract

Introduction. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the problem of strategizing the healthcare development in various regions of Russia. Study objects and methods. The present research featured the regional strategies of socio-economic development, the regional and federal strategies of healthcare development, and various indicators of the socio-economic development of public health in Russia and its regions. The research was based on the strategizing methodology developed by V.L. Kvint, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It also included OTSW, comparative, and statistical analyses. Results and discussion. The author used global and sectoral trends to define the strategic priorities of healthcare development in the regions of Russia, e.g. digital organizational transformation, healthy lifestyle promotion, and medical literacy popularization. Conclusion. Regional healthcare development should be strategized based on an integrated approach to the socio-economic development of the region. Regional life quality ratings should take into account social, economic, and healthcare indicators, as well as environmental and climatic factors.