title: [The public health as social economic system].
abstract: The article considers the public health as a social system because its main elements are human beings and their relationships. The conceptual foundations of characteristics of medical services are discussed as kinds of public benefits and nonmaterial values.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D015980:Public Health Practice; D012426:Russia; D012944:Social Support