Patient- care

health care also health·care (h

lth

kâr

)

The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions.

adj. also health-care (h

lth

kâr

)

Of or relating to health care: the health care industry.

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Noun	1.	health care - social insurance for the ill and injured social insurance - government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue 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
	2.	health care - the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession healthcare care, tending, attention, aid - the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention"

Translations

health care n → assistenza sanitaria

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patient transfer
patient transfer
patient transfer
Patient Transport Service
Patient Treatment Clinical Exercise
Patient Understands Instructions
Patient Ventilation Oxygen Concentrator System
patient viewpoint standard
Patient Visit Average
Patient Visits
Patient Weight
Patient with Open Angle Glaucoma
Patient Year
Patient Zero
Patient's Action Network
Patient's Bill of Rights
Patient's Dental Dictionary
Patient's Medication Records
Patient's Own Frame
patient's r
patient's r
patient's r
patient's r
patient's r
Patient, Carer and Public Involvement
patient, legal aspects of record
patient, legal aspects of record
patient, legal aspects of record
patient, legal aspects of record
Patient- and Family-Centered Care

Patient- care

Patient- controlled analgesia
Patient-Caregiver Functional Unit Scale
Patient-Centered Access to Secure Systems Online
Patient-Centered Data Input
Patient-Centered Medical Home
Patient-Centered Medical Record
Patient-Centered Primary Care
Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
Patient-controlled analgesia
Patient-controlled analgesia
Patient-controlled analgesia
Patient-controlled analgesia
patient-controlled analgesia assistance
Patient-Controlled Analgesia System
Patient-Controlled Analgesic Pump
Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia
Patient-Controlled Epidural Anesthesia
Patient-Controlled IV Opioid Analgesia
Patient-Controlled Regional Analgesia
Patient-Delivered Partner Therapy
Patient-Driven Motion Reinforcement
Patient-Family Learning Centre
Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment
Patient-Identifiable Data
patient-initiated lab testing
Patient-Level Cost Accounting
patient-level cost allocation

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