HEALTH RESORT ACTIVITY: MARKET OF HEALTH RESORT SERVICES IN REGIONS OF UKRAINE

The essence of the health resort complex is revealed in the article. Peculiarities of the subjects of health resort activity in the context of their orientation, belonging, socio-economic effect, influence on related areas, global role, and subordination are described. The typology of subjects of health resort activity in the current normative-legal acts is investigated. The difference in approaches to the selection of types of health resorts by a number of institutions of Ukraine is described. According to the statistical bulletin «Collective means of placement» a system of indicators for the evaluation of the regional market of health resort services is formed. By using the methods of cluster analysis, the regions of Ukraine are systematized and ranked according to the development of the market of health resort services in 2016. The disproportion and asymmetry of the regional market of health resort services are proved.