| Descriptor in English: | Health Care (Public Health) |
| Descriptor in Spanish: | Atención a la Salud |
| Descriptor in Portuguese: | Atenção à Saúde |
| Descriptor in French: | Soins de Santé (Santé Publique) |
| Entry term(s): |
Basic Standards for Health Care |
| Tree number(s): |
SP2 |
| Scope note: | Services provided to individuals or communities by agents of the health services or professions to promote, maintain, monitor, or restore health. Health care is not limited to medical care, which implies therapeutic action by or under the supervision of a physician. The term is sometimes extended to include self-care. (Last, 2001) |
| See also the descriptors: |
Delivery of Health Care
MeSH |
| DeCS UI: | 50230 |
| Descriptor UI: | DDCS050230 |
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Health Care (Public Health)
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
FD00061412 |
| Scope note | Services provided to individuals or communities by agents of the health services or professions to promote, maintain, monitor, or restore health. Health care is not limited to medical care, which implies therapeutic action by or under the supervision of a physician. The term is sometimes extended to include self-care. (Last, 2001) |
| Preferred term | Health Care (Public Health) |
| Entry term(s) |
Basic Standards for Health Care |
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