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*healthcare* (?)
“health care* (?)
(the spelling’s up to you)
(use your imaginaton!)
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-as of [2 MARCH 2024]–
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[‘health care’ (or ‘healthcare’) is the ‘maintenance’/’improvement’ of ‘health’ via the (‘diagnosis’ / ‘treatment’ / ‘prevention of’)…]
‘disease’
‘illness‘
‘injury‘
*other ‘physical’ + ‘mental’ impairments’ in ‘human beings’*
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(‘healthcare’ is delivered by ‘health professionals’ (‘providers’ or ‘practitioners’) in…)
‘allied health professions’
‘chiropractic’
‘physicians’
‘physician associates’
‘dentistry’
‘midwifery’
‘nursing’
‘medicine’
‘optometry’
‘pharmacy’
‘psychology’
(and other ‘health professions’)
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(it includes the work done in providing ‘primary care’, ‘secondary care’, and ‘tertiary care’ (as well as in ‘public health’))
(access to ‘healthcare’ varies across ‘countries’, ‘groups’, and ‘individuals’, largely influenced by ‘social’ + ‘economic’ conditions as well as the ‘health policies’ in place)
(‘countries’ + ‘jurisdictions’ have different ‘policies’ + ‘plans’ in relation to the ‘personal-‘ a” ‘population-based’ health care goals within their ‘societies’)
(‘healthcare systems’ are organizations established to meet the ‘health needs’ of ‘target populations’)
(their exact configuration varies between ‘national’ and ‘subnational’ entities)
(in some ‘countries’ + ‘jurisdictions’, ‘healthcare planning’ is distributed among ‘market participants’, whereas in others, ‘planning’ occurs more centrally among ‘governments’ or other ‘coordinating bodies’)
(in all cases, according to the ‘world health organization’ (WHO), a ‘well-functioning ‘healthcare system’ requires…)
*a robust ‘financing mechanism’*
*a ‘well-trained’ + ‘adequately-paid’ ‘workforce*
*’reliable information’ on which to base ‘decisions’ + ‘policies’*
*well-maintained ‘health facilities’ + ‘logistics’ to deliver quality ‘medicines’ + ‘technologies’*
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(‘healthcare’ can contribute to a significant part of a country’s ‘economy’)
(in 2011, the ‘healthcare industry’ consumed an average of 9.3% of the ‘GDP’ (or US$ 3,322 (‘PPP-adjusted’)) per capita across the 34 members of ‘OECD’ countries…)
*TOP SPENDERS*
(the ‘USA’)
(17.7%)
(or US$ PPP – 8,508))
(the ‘netherlands’)
(11.9%)
(PPP – 5,099)
(‘france’)
(11.6%)
(PPP – 4,118)
(‘germany’)
(11.3%)
(PPP – 4,495)
‘canada’
(11.2%)
(PPP – 5669)
‘switzerland’
(11%)
(PPP – 5,634)
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(however ‘life expectancy’ in ‘total population at birth’ was highest in…)
‘switzerland’
(82.8 years)
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‘japan’
(82.7 years)
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‘italy’
(82.7 years)
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‘spain’
(82.4 years)
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‘iceland’
(82.4 years)
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‘france’
(82.2 years)
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‘australia’
(82.0)
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(OECD’s average exceeded ’80 years’ for the first time ever in ‘2011’)
(80.1 years’)
(a gain of 10 years since ‘1970’)
(the USA (78.7 years) ranges only on “place 26” among the 34 ‘OECD member’ countries, but has the highest costs by far)
(does our “minority population’ have negative effect on ‘average life expectancy as any given country)
(“i’m looking at you “black people’!)
(then again, ‘african-american women’ in the south have some of ‘highest lifespans’ in the world)
(all ‘OECD countries’ have achieved ‘universal’ (or ‘almost universal’) health coverage (except ‘mexico’ + the ‘USA’))
(‘healthcare’ is conventionally regarded as an ‘important determinant’ in promoting the general ‘physical’ + ‘mental health’ and ‘well-being’ of people around the world)
(an example of this was the ‘worldwide eradication’ of ‘smallpox’ in ‘1980’, declared by the ‘WHO’ as the first ‘disease’ in ‘human history’ to be completely eliminated by ‘deliberate health care interventions’)
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“practitioner”
(aka “human being”)
“she was a ‘nurse practitioner’…”
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