Abstract:

The long-term care of the disabled elderly is not only a medical issue, but also a serious challenge to the current social governance and public policies, necessitating a reevaluation from the perspective of public health governance. It is essential to construct an analytical framework  ased on values, structure and tools, and identify the value consensus, co- governance structure and policy tools of public health governance. Taking the long-term care systems piloted in Qingdao and Shanghai as examples, it is found that the logic of public health governance behind them indicates that the return of the value of health issues drives innovation in public health governance; the diffusion of governance rights to diversified subjects forms the basis for a synergy on the co-governance of health issues; and long-term care insurance system, along with its diverse policy tools, jointly promotes the co-production of health services.

Key words: public health governance, disabled elderly, long-term care, long-term care insurance system