To achieve the goal of universal health management through governan ce for health / 上海预防医学

ABSTRACT

Governance for health was defined as the activities taken by central government, local authorities, and pertinent departments, to guide the social organizations, enterprises and public, in the pursuit of health and wellbeing, in an integral approach.This article states the fundamental theories of governance for health, and its relationship to“Health China”.It emphasizes that under the leadership of the government, governance for health should establish a platform for participation and a mechanism for equal consultation and cooperation by multi-stakeholders, in order to ensure all participation and all co-sharing.In addition, the article also introduces the concept of universal health management, and illustrates the practical issues needs to be considered in implementing universal health management, from three dimensions of breadth, depth and height.“Breadth” means health management should cover all people in the country and the whole life of people.“Depth” means quality suppliers of health management should provide a list of health management services based on evidence with various packages.“Height” means in order to achieve the effectiveness of health management services, the budget should be secured and shared among the government, the enterprises and the individuals, with agreed percentage.