Test Bank For Health and Health Care Delivery in Canada 3rd Edition By Valerie D. Thompson 2

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PAWAR
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,CONCEPTSOFHEALTHCARE:
 Itcanbedefinedasmultitudeofservicesrendered
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toindividuals,familiesorcommunitiesbytheage
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ntsofhealthservicesorprofessions,forthepurpo
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seofpromoting,maintaining,monitoringorrestori
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nghealth.
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 Such services mightbestaffed,organized, admi
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nistered andfinanced inevery imaginableway,b ut
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they allhaveonethingincommon:,peopleare being
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“served”,i.e diagnosed,helped,cured, edu cated
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and rehabilitated byhealth personnel. In m any
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countries health care is completely or largely
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agovernmentfunction.
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, Health care includes “medical care”. Many peo
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ple mistakenly believe that both are synonymo
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us. Medical care isa subset ofa health care sys
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tem. The term “medical care”refers chiefly toth
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ose personal services thatare provided favour
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by physicians or rendered as a result ofthe phy
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sician’sinstructions.
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, CHARACTERISTICSOFHEALTHCARE:
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 Appropriateness(relevance)

 Comprehensiveness

 Adequacy

 Availability

 Affordability

 Accessibility

 Feasibility