Saturday, 18 July 2015
Health care or healthcare is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings. Health care is delivered by practitioners in allied health, dentistry, midwifery (obstetrics), medicine, nursing,optometry, pharmacy, psychology and other health professions. It refers to the work done in providing primary care, secondary care, andtertiary care, as well as in public health.
Access to health care varies across countries, groups, and individuals, largely influenced by social and economic conditions as well as thehealth policies in place. Countries and jurisdictions have different policies and plans in relation to the personal and population-based health care goals within their societies.
