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11Health care systems — This article describes policy related systems. For the article on hospital networks, which are sometimes referred to as health care systems, see hospital network. A health care system is an arrangement in which health care is delivered. There are …
12health insurance — insurance that compensates the insured for expenses or loss incurred for medical reasons, as through illness or hospitalization. [1900 05] * * * System for the advance financing of medical expenses through contributions or taxes paid into a… …
13Veterans' Glass City Skyway — Official name Veterans Glass City Skyway Carries 6 lanes of Interstate 280 Crosses …
14Health 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… …
15Health 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,… …
16Health care reform in the United States — ] Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at approximately 16% of GDP. [http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/25 NHE Fact Sheet.asp#TopOfPage National Health Expenditure Data: NHE Fact Sheet, ] Centers for Medicare and Medicaid… …
17HEALTH SERVICES — Before Statehood At the beginning of the 19th century, the Land of Israel (Ereẓ Israel) was ridden with disease. Wide areas were infested with malaria; enteric fever, dysentery, and trachoma took a heavy toll; and infant mortality was very high.… …
18Health informatics — For the Journal, see Journal of Biomedical Informatics. . Electronic patient chart from a health information system Health informatics (also called health care informatics, healthcare informatics, medical informatics, nursing informatics,… …
19Consumer-driven health care — Health care in the United States Public health care Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Indian Health Service Medicaid Medicare Military Health System / TRICARE State Children s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Veterans Health… …
20Oregon Health Plan — Health care in the United States Public health care Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Indian Health Service Medicaid Medicare Military Health System / TRICARE State Children s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Veterans Health… …
