关于医疗服务市场化的思考

On Commercialization of Medical Services

刚刚结束的中共十四大,提出了“社会主、义市场经济”的新理论,这对我国各行各业今后的建设和发展必将起到巨大的指导和推动作用。

The article suggests that medical services should and can becommercialized, for which, however, certain preparations are to bemade. 1. Solve problems in ideology, with medical units surmountingthe obstacle of 'welfare' concept. 2. Study social capabilities of endur-ing the commercialization of medical services. Especially important tonote are that short-line medical service items have conditions forraising the price and that the commercialization can also bring aboutcertain factors for reducing the price. 3. Solution of welfare in medi-cal services depends on the development of social medical securitysystem. Commercialization of medical services needs to be based onmedical management system and operational mechanisms suited tosocialist market economy.