RESUMO
Through analyzing documents of healthcare departments, this paper explored the public benefit nature of the medical and health sector from such aspects as culture, philosophy, management, ethics,economy, politics and society. Furthermore, it analyzed the commonweal in the healthcare reform documents,including the commonweal in public health and medical services,basic medical care and health services,public hospitals and medical and health services. Public hospitals were cited as examples for an in-depth review of the profound connotation of commonweal in the medical and healthcare sector.
RESUMO
The Chinese public hospitals,obviously known from their name,should be national property.However,the current operational behaviors of public hospitals are quite mercantilistic.As far as the approach to the reform and development of public hospitals is concerned,neither should the approach be purely based on public welfare nor the market itself.Instead,a certain degree of marketization on the basis of public welfare together with the integration of public mechanism and market mechanism should be advocated.