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A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.
Chris Christie

Meaning of "health care" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEALTH CARE

health care  [helθ keə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEALTH CARE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Health care is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEALTH CARE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

health care

Health care

Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings. Health care is delivered by practitioners in allied health, dentistry, midwifery-obstetrics, medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, psychology and other care providers. It refers to the work done in providing primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care, as well as in public health. Access to health care varies across countries, groups, and individuals, largely influenced by social and economic conditions as well as the health policies in place. Countries and jurisdictions have different policies and plans in relation to the personal and population-based health care goals within their societies. Health care systems are organizations established to meet the health needs of target populations. Their exact configuration varies between national and subnational entities. In some countries and jurisdictions, health care planning is distributed among market participants, whereas in others, planning occurs more centrally among governments or other coordinating bodies.

Definition of health care in the English dictionary

The definition of health care in the dictionary is medical services.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEALTH CARE

health benefits
health camp
health card
health care worker
health centre
health check
health club
health drink
health education
health farm
health food
health food shop
health hazard
health inspector
health insurance
health maintenance organization
health minister
health officer
health physics
health problem

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEALTH CARE

ambulatory care
care
community care
customer care
domiciliary care
for all I care
hair care
home care
hospital care
in care
intensive care
long-term care
medical care
mental health care
pastoral care
personal care
primary care
primary health care
residential care
respite care
take care

Synonyms and antonyms of health care in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «health care» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEALTH CARE

Find out the translation of health care to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of health care from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «health care» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

卫生保健
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuidado de la salud
570 millions of speakers

English

health care
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वास्थ्य सेवा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرعاية الصحية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

здравоохранение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assistência médica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বাস্থ্য সেবা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soins de santé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjagaan kesihatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gesundheitspflege
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヘルスケア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

건강 관리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kesehatan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chăm sóc sức khỏe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுகாதார பராமரிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आरोग्य सेवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sağlık hizmeti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assistenza sanitaria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opieki zdrowotnej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

охорона здоров´я
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de îngrijire a sănătății
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υγειονομικής περίθαλψης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gesondheidsorg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hälsovård
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

helsevesenet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of health care

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEALTH CARE»

The term «health care» is very widely used and occupies the 5.405 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEALTH CARE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «health care» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «health care» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about health care

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10 QUOTES WITH «HEALTH CARE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word health care.
1
Joyce Banda
When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I was lucky to be under the care of trained health care personnel. I started wondering then what was happening to women in rural villages.
2
Donald Berwick
Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional.
3
Donald Berwick
The chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80% of the total health care bill out there. There is going to have to be a very difficult democratic conversation that takes place. The decision is not whether or not we will ration care. The decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open.
4
Cory Booker
You should be able to afford health care for your family. You should be able to retire with dignity and respect. And you should be able to give your children the kind of education that allows them to dream even bigger, go even farther and accomplish even more than you could ever imagine.
5
John Breaux
And the issues I think are important in Louisiana right now happen to be health care and education. And those are two areas that the federal government can play a very important role. And I think I can be effective in trying to help our state from the Washington scene.
6
Jan Brewer
We have over 500,000 illegal immigrants living in Arizona. And we simply cannot sustain it. It costs us a tremendous amount of money of course in health care, in education, and then, on top of it all, in incarceration. And the federal government doesn't reimburse us on any of these things.
7
Scott Brown
In speech after speech on his health care plan, the President has tried to convince us that what he is proposing will be good for America. But, how can it be good for America if it raises taxes by a half trillion dollars and costs a trillion dollars or more to implement?
8
Steven Burd
I need more personal time and, given my extensive work in health care, I want to pursue that interest further.
9
Eric Cantor
I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care.
10
Chris Christie
A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEALTH CARE»

Discover the use of health care in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to health care and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reinventing American Health Care: How the Affordable Care ...
A health policy expert explains the American health care system and five problems that work against any attempts to reform it and discusses how the Affordable Care Act was passed and how it will positively affect future health care. 35,000 ...
Ezekiel Emanuel, 2014
2
Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-based Competition on ...
With specific recommendations for hospitals, doctors, health plans, employers, and policy makers, this book shows how to move health care toward positive-sum competition that delivers lasting benefits for all.
Michael Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, 2013
3
Essentials of Managed Health Care
Rev. ed. of: Essentials of managed health care / edited by Peter R. Kongstvedt. 5th ed. c2007.
‎2012
4
Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United ...
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Anthony R. Kovner, James Knickman, 2011
5
Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for ...
The Best Selling Text in the Field Updated for the New Era of Health Care IT "This is the most comprehensive and authoritative book available for the field today." —Mark L. Diana, PhD, assistant professor and MHA program director, School ...
Karen A. Wager, Frances W. Lee, John P. Glaser, 2009
6
Handbook of Home Health Care Administration
An excellent, comprehensive text, this Handbook addresses detailed legal and legislative issues, case management processes, and state-of-the-art technology.
Marilyn Harris, 2010
7
Introduction to Health Care
This book emphasizes developing critical thinking skills through a five-step problem solving model that teaches how to assess a situation, consider alternatives, choose an appropriate alternative, evaluate the results, and revise as needed.
Dakota Mitchell, Lee Haroun, 2011
8
Art Therapy and Health Care
Demonstrating the benefits of creative expression for patients living with acute or chronic illness, this volume provides a complete, practical introduction to medical art therapy.
Cathy A. Malchiodi, 2012
9
Just Health Care
Norman Daniels examines the medical policies and heath care dilemmas.
Norman Daniels, 1985
10
An Introduction to Health Care Ethics: Theological ...
This text provides students with an understanding of the foundational aspects of health care ethics and leads them into a discussion of contemporary issues through the use of timely and challenging case studies.
‎2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEALTH CARE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term health care is used in the context of the following news items.
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Health Care Sector Update for 07/14/2015: NEPT,NTB.TO,OCUL …
Health care stocks were posting solid gains this afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Sector Index rising 0.5% and shares of health care ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
2
Millions Lack Needed Mental Health Care, WHO Finds
A wide health-care gap separates poor and rich countries. The ratio of mental health care providers in low- and middle-income countries is one ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»
3
This Presidential Candidate Wants To Extend Health Care To …
But one topic in particular has driven O'Malley further left than any of the other Democratic presidential candidates: expansion of health care to ... «ThinkProgress, Jul 15»
4
Student-built bridge provides access to education, health care in …
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Members of the Penn State student chapter of Bridges to Prosperity have returned home after constructing a ... «Penn State News, Jul 15»
5
Health Care Current – July 14, 2015
But, we are still facing a time of incredible change in health care that is certain to keep us on our toes. Health care providers and plans are ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
6
Health Care Reform 2015: Should America Pay Its Doctors To Talk …
Medicare patients may soon be able to request an appointment with their doctor to talk about end-of-life decisions such as whether to receive ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
7
To Lower The Cost Of Health Care, Invest In Social Services
Editor's note: This article is part of a series of blog posts by leaders in health and health care who participated in Spotlight Health from June ... «Health Affairs, Jul 15»
8
National pro-life leaders fear health care rationing
New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond speaks during the National Right to Life Convention in New Orleans July 9. (Peter Finney ... «The Catholic Sun, Jul 15»
9
Primary Health Care says net profit will fall in 2014-15
Primary Health Care, run by chief executive Peter Gregg, said its underlying earnings per share growth has been revised to a 5 per cent fall. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
10
Partnership expands health care access for Chamber of Commerce …
A new partnership between the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce and H2U Health Centers will expand access to primary health care for ... «Las Vegas Sun, Jul 15»

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