一、中国公共卫生支出的规模与结构 在市场经济条件下,政府必须实施必要的公共卫生支出,以改善医疗卫生服务的效率与国民福利。发达的市场经济国家的经验也证明了这一点。近些年来,许多发达国家医疗卫生总费用的增长都超过了经济系统中其他商品和服务支出的增长,政府公共卫生支出增长更为迅速。 I. Size and Structure of Public Health Expenditure in China Under the market economy, the government must implement the necessary public health expenditure to improve the efficiency of medical and health services and the welfare of the people. This is also evidenced by the experience of developed market economy countries. In recent years, the total cost of health care in many developed countries has risen more than the expenditure on other goods and services in the economic system, and government spending on public health has risen even more rapidly.