health service
Public medical care
A health service is an organization or system that provides medical care to a population.
In Britain, the Health Service or the National Health Service refers specifically to the government-funded system of hospitals, clinics, and medical professionals available to all residents.
More broadly, health services encompass any institutions delivering healthcare: mental health services, community health services, emergency health services.
- primary careFirst-line medical services
- family doctorPrimary care physician
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- emergency roomHospital crisis department
- doctorLicensed medical healer
NHS · pharmacy · clinic · walk-in clinic · telemedicine · preventive care · nurse · front line · disability support · care home · ambulance · public body · diagnosis · referral · surgery · treatment · ward · waiting room
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, epidemiology, vaccination programs
- health lawmedical law, drug regulation, insurance law, vaccination mandates, quarantine laws
- Irish PoliticsSinn Fein, TD, Independents, Green Party, Labour Party
- public spendingbudget allocation, public spending, national budget, federal budget, stimulus spending
health serviceprivate practice
Independent professional business
health servicebiological warfare
bioterrorism · disease vector · epidemic · public health threat · pandemic
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