Health care
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Health care, health-care, or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals in allied health fields. Physicians and physician associates are a part of these health professionals. Dentistry, pharmacy, midwifery, nursing, medicine, optometry, audiology, psychology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, athletic training and other health professions are all part of health care. It includes work done in providing primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care, as well as in public health.
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See also
- Acronyms in healthcare
- Catholic Church and health care
- Clinical documentation improvement
- Doctor–patient relationship
- Electronic health record
- Healthcare system / Health professionals
- Health economics
- Health center / Clinic / Hospital / Nursing Home
- Health policy
- List of OECD countries by health care outcome
- Medical classification
- ATC codes (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system)
- Classification of Pharmaco-Therapeutic Referrals (CPR)
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) / List of DSM-IV codes
- ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases)
- International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2) / ICPC-2 PLUS
- Medicine / Doctor's visit / Nursing
- Philosophy of healthcare
- Universal health care
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