Author: Mamasolieva, Shokhista Abdugapparovna; Karimov, Abdukhalim Abdurazzakovich

Annotation: The paper examines structural developments in the medical services and medicalequipment markets that have conditioned the establishment and growth of a new type of medical service - medical tourism - while profoundly affecting national economies and effecting international relations.Health-care systems have a favorable influence on the economic performance of other sectors of the national economy, both through employment creation and purchases of products and services.It creates a basis for policymakers at the state, regional, and municipal levels to use in demonstrating that healthcare systems are a critical sector for advancing the achievement of local and national sustainable development goals.

Keywords: healthcare, medical care, international relationships, sustainable development goals, socio-economic determinants of health.