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2.  Health care (or healthcare) is the diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention of disease, illness,
injury, and other physical and mental
impairments in humans.
 Health care is delivered by practitioners in
medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing,
pharmacy, allied health, 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.

3.  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 from country to
country.

4.  In some countries and jurisdictions, health care
planning is distributed among market participants,
whereas in others planning is made more centrally
among governments or other coordinating bodies
 In all cases, according to the World Health
Organization (WHO), a well-functioning health care
system requires a robust financing mechanism; a well-
trained and adequately-paid workforce; reliable
information on which to base decisions and policies;
and well maintained facilities and logistics to
deliver quality medicines and technologies.

5.  Health care can form a significant part of a country's
economy. In 2008, the health care industry consumed
an average of 9.0 percent of the gross domestic
product (GDP) across the most developed
OECD countries. The United States (16.0%), France
(11.2%), and Switzerland (10.7%) were the top
three spenders.

6.  Health care is conventionally regarded as an important
determinant in promoting the general health
and well-being of people around the world. An
example of this is 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.