wellness care

Preventive health services

Wellness care refers to healthcare focused on maintaining health and preventing illness rather than treating existing conditions.

It encompasses routine checkups, screenings, vaccinations, and lifestyle guidance: Her insurance covers wellness care visits at no cost.

The term gained currency as health systems shifted emphasis from reactive treatment to proactive maintenance.

Opposites
health approach focus

wellness careacute care

Urgent medical intervention

medical treatment · emergency care · emergency medicine · hospitalization · clinical treatment

health outcome focus

wellness carepalliative care

Relief-focused medicine for illness

end-of-life care · hospice care · terminal care · comfort care · pain management

Family

care, wellness

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