medical and other public health care activities

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• Public health-care in China — This article is about public health in Mainland China only. China is undertaking reform of its health care system. The New Rural Co operative Medical Care System (NRCMCS) is a 2005 initiative to overhaul the healthcare system, particularly… …   Wikipedia

• public health care — China’s economic and administrative reforms since the late 1970s have led to important changes in the system of public health care. In the countryside, township (former commune) health centres assume a larger share of administrative and financial …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

• Health 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… …   Wikipedia

• Health 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 …   Wikipedia

• Public Health Genomics — is the utilization of genomics information to benefit public health. This is visualized as more effective personalised preventive care and disease treatments with better specificity, targeted to the genetic makeup of each patient. (Bellagio Group …   Wikipedia

• Public health — Newspaper headlines from around the world about polio vaccine tests (13 April 1955). Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society,… …   Wikipedia

• Health 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,… …   Wikipedia

• Health care industry — The health care industry, or medical industry, is the sector of the economic system that provides goods and services to treat patients with curative, preventive, rehabilitative, palliative, or, at times, unnecessary care. The modern health care… …   Wikipedia

• Public health in the People's Republic of China — This article is about public health in the People s Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. Since the founding of the People s Republic of China, the goal of healthcare programs has been to provide care to every member of the… …   Wikipedia

• Health 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… …   Wikipedia

• public health — public health, adj. health services to improve and protect community health, esp. sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine. [1610 20] * * * Science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized… …   Universalium