health care

/hɛlθ kɛər/

/hɛlθ kɛə/

Definitions of health care

1. noun

   the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession
   synonyms: healthcare

   type of:

   aid, attention, care, tending

   the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
2. noun

   social insurance for the ill and injured
   types:

   Medicare

   health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over

   Medicaid

   health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program

   primary health care

   health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system

   type of:

   social insurance

   government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue