The current research features various models of social and economic development in single-industry towns in the sphere of medical innovations. Methodological basis of the article are the works by A. I. Tatarkin, V. N. Bobkov, I. V. Makarova, P.S. Mstislavsky, A. N. Oleinik, V. I. Perkhov, O. V. Pushkarev, O. M. Roy The study results can be used in scientific and practical research in the fields of innovations, healthcare, high-tech medical care, innovative development of territories, and project activities. In general, the study can assist single-industry cities with a complex socioeconomic situation. Research results. We have established a connection between the life quality in problemplagued single-industry towns and public health. The population of such single-profile settlements decreases due to social-economic policies of local and regional authorities, since programs for their development do not presuppose innovative production.
In conclusion, the authors recommend starting enterprises that would produce innovative
products. These enterprises are associated with providing the population with hightech medical care and services. The recommendations will lead to an improvement of the quality of life, population growth and density, changes in the age structure, and an increase in the life expectancy. This measure will help to stabilize a pre-crisis situation / crisis situation and facilitate the development of socio-economic processes
singleindustry town, socioeconomic processes, health care, high-tech medical care, innovative enterprises