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health care

DEFINITIONS OF: health care

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n the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession

Synonyms:
healthcare
Type of:
aid, attention, care, tending
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

n social insurance for the ill and injured

Types:
Medicare
health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over
Medicaid
health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program
primary health care
health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system
Type of:
social insurance
government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue
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