本刊讯　近日 ,北京市疾病预防控制中心成立了社会医学与卫生经济学研究中心。据悉 ,这是我国公共卫生机构中第一家卫生政策与管理研究机构。该机构的主要职责是进行卫生管理与政策的理论和应用研究 ,推进卫生管理的科学化进程 ,提高卫生政策的决策水平 ,同国内外有关政府、科 Recently, the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention established the Research Center for Social Medicine and Health Economics. It is reported that this is the first health policy and management research institution in China’s public health institutions. The main responsibilities of the organization are to conduct theoretical and applied research on health management and policies, advance the scientific process of health management, and improve the level of decision-making in health policy, with relevant domestic and foreign governments,