health care and disease prevention
1Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
2Health care system — A health care system is the organization of people, institutions, and resources to deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations. There is a wide variety of health care systems around the world, with as many… …
3Health care in the United States — ] Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at approximately 15.2% of GDP, second only to the tiny Marshall Islands among all United Nations member nations. The health share of GDP is expected to continue its historical upward trend,… …
4Health care reform — This article is about political movements affecting the delivery of health care and health care systems. For more information about movements to improve health, see Health reform. Health care reform is a general rubric used for discussing major… …
5Health care — For The Office television show episode, see Health Care (The Office). Health care (or healthcare) is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is… …
6Health care reform debate in the United States — See also: Health care reform in the United States, Health care in the United States, and Uninsured in the United States Health care in the United States Public health care Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Indian Health Service… …
7Health care provider — A health care provider is an individual or an institution that provides preventive, curative, promotional or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to individuals, families or communities. An individual health care provider (also …
8health care — n the maintaining and restoration of health by the treatment and prevention of disease esp. by trained and licensed professionals (as in medicine, dentistry, clinical psychology, and public health) health care adj …
9Comparison of the health care systems in Canada and the United States — Health spending per capita, in U.S. dollars PPP adjusted, with the U.S. and Canada compared amongst other first world nations. Comparison of the health care systems in Canada and the United States are often made by government, public health and… …
10Health care in Colombia — A psychiatry resident prepares to carry out ECT therapy at the mental health unit of the Federico Lleras Acosta in Ibagué Health care in Colombia refers to the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and… …
