[The nation and health care]

In many countries at present reforms of the health services are underway. Their common feature is an attempt to resolve in an optimal way the relationship of the State to health care and to define its regulatory role in relation to the health services. Health care in the Czech Republic is facing a similar problem. Under conditions of the global political, economic and social transformation of society as a whole it is essential to define the character and extent of a certain state regulation which will suit best the specific economic, social situation and health status in the country. In the submitted paper the author makes some suggestions which may help to clarify and resolve this important and difficult problems.

Health services reforms which are underway have the aim to resolve in an optimal way also the relationship of the State and health services. In the Czech Republic regulatory provisions must correspond with the socio-economic position and with health status in the country.