我国卫生事业是公益性事业,同时也是创造社会产值的第三产业。在社会主义市场经济条件下,作为市场体系中的一部分,医院具有与其他第三产业相类似的市场机制,所以,必须在坚持以提高社会效益为宗旨的前提下,注重提高其经济效益。但支配和影响医院经济效益的力量在哪里?如何使医院获得理想的经济效益?人们往往想到的是如何抓好医疗服务质量,提高医疗服务技术水平,搞活医院经营管理等。这些当然是很重要的,但我们在考虑和提出措施和办法时,是否也考虑到了加强医院思想政治工作?有人并不以为然,认为思想政 China’s health undertaking is a public welfare undertaking and it is also the tertiary industry that creates social output value. Under the conditions of the socialist market economy, as part of the market system, hospitals have market mechanisms similar to those of other tertiary industries. Therefore, under the premise of insisting on improving social benefits, they must pay attention to improving their economic benefits. But where is the power that dominates and influences the economic benefits of hospitals? How can hospitals obtain the desired economic benefits? People often think of how to do a good job in the quality of medical services, improve the technical level of medical services, and invigorate the management of hospital operations. Of course, these are very important, but when we consider and propose measures and measures, have we also considered strengthening the ideological and political work in the hospital? Some people do not take it for granted that the ideological and political