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Category:Healthcare

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Health care or healthcare is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by medical/health professions.

The healthcare industry includes the delivery of health services by health care providers. Usually such services receive payment from the patient or from the patient's insurance company; although they may be government-financed (such as the National Health Service in the UK) or delivered by charities or volunteers, such as in poorer countries.

The healthcare industry is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing industries.Components of the healthcare system include: hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, diagnostic laboratories, pharmacies, medical device manufacturers and many other components.


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