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Health 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… … Wikipedia
health care system — health services, extensive system providing medical services for a given population … English contemporary dictionary
Composite Health Care System — The Composite Health Care System (CHCS) is a VMS based medical informatics system designed by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and used by all United States and OCONUS military health care centers. In 1988, SAIC won a… … 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
Health care politics — Health care often accounts for one of the largest areas of spending for both governments and individuals all over the world, and as such it is surrounded by controversy. Though there are many topics involved in health care politics, most can be… … Wikipedia
Health care in Nigeria — Health care provision in Nigeria is a concurrent responsibility of the three tiers of government in the country. [Rais Akhtar; Health Care Patterns and Planning in Developing Countries, Greenwood Press, 1991. pp 264] However, because Nigeria… … Wikipedia
Health care in Israel — is both universal and compulsory, and is administered by a small number of organizations with funding from the government. All Israeli citizens are entitled to the same Uniform Benefits Package, regardless of which organization they are a member… … Wikipedia
Health care in the Netherlands — is financed by obligatory health insurance and all insurance companies are obliged to provide a package with a defined set of insured treatments [http://www.minvws.nl/en/themes/health insurance system/ Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport ] .… … Wikipedia
Health care in Turkey — is dominated by a centralized state system run by the Ministry of Health. In 2003 the governing Justice and Development Party introduced a sweeping health reform program aimed at increasing the ratio of private to state health provision and… … Wikipedia
Health 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… … Wikipedia
