[On the selected problems of the involvement of spa-and-resort facilities in the implementation of territorial programs of compulsory medical insurance].

The inclusion of spa-and-resort facilities in the sphere of compulsory medical insurance is in accordance with the law "On the compulsory medical insurance in the Russian Federation". However, this work implies serious preparatory activity aimed at estimating the requirements of different groups of the country's population in the follow-up treatment and rehabilitation based at the spa-and-resort facilities as well as the available resources for this purpose, modes of payment, rate structure, etc. The spa and resort-based treatment within the framework of the compulsory medical insurance system must be made one of the components of the regional programs of medical rehabilitation.