| NOUN | act | health care | social insurance for the ill and injured |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | health care, healthcare | the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession |
| Meaning | social insurance for the ill and injured. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | Medicaid | health care for the needy |
| Medicare | health care for the aged | |
| 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 | |
| Broader | social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people |
| Spanish | asistencia médica | |
| Catalan | assistència mèdica | |
| Meaning | The preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | healthcare | |
| Broader | care, attention, aid, tending | The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something |
| Spanish | cuidado, sanidad | |
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