Study on public-interest nature of health and its magnitude

Insisting on public-interest nature of health is the basic principle of new-round health reforms and development in China. The evaluation of its magnitude is an important means to carry out public-interest development. This paper clarifies the meaning of the public-interest nature of health and its magnitude and other related concepts and discusses why the health system has the attribute of public-interest,points out related systematic arrangements that should be designed to ensure the direction of public-interest in health reform. The paper also suggests that a system of measuring the realized magnitude of this nature in health reform be established to evaluate the performance and provide reference for evidence-based policies.