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DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL BASE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE OF TYUMEN REGION IN THE PERIOD OF INTENSIVE OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT (1964–1991) // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2015. Issue 2 (155). P. 50-61

In the Soviet period centralized economy and the concentration in the hands of the state of the enormous resources allowed to realise expensive Tyumen oil and gas complex. An important element of the complex was the social policy of its enterprises and organizations, one of the areas which has been the development of health care. This article discusses the steps of the logistical establishment and financing of the health care system, developing a network of health care institutions in the Tyumen region under the conditions of the oil and gas industry. Based on the principles of historicism and objectivity the author applied historical and comparative chronological methods. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the dynamics of the material-technical base of health care system in the Tyumen region in connection with the implementation of social programs in the 1964–1991 years. The Government's policy on oil and gas development of the Tyumen region was conducted successfully, but significantly lagged behind the development of infrastructure. Financing of health and medical science did not provide their development at the present level. It does not exceed 3–4 % оf GDP and a residual principle.

Keywords: health care system, investment, health care facilities, material and technical base, means