Health policy
Health policy
Health policy refers to the decisions, plans, and actions undertaken to achieve specific health care goals within a society. It outlines the priorities and the expected roles of different groups; it is often described in legislation or other forms of rule-making.
Pronunciation
Health policy: /ˈhɛlθ ˈpɒlɪsi/
Etymology
The term "health policy" is derived from the English words "health" and "policy". "Health" comes from the Old English "hǣlþ", which has the same root as "whole". "Policy" comes from the French "police", itself from Latin "politia" which means "civil administration".
Related Terms
- Health care: The organized provision of medical care to individuals or a community.
- Public health: The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals.
- Health economics: A branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and healthcare.
- Health law: The federal, state, and local law, rules, regulations and other jurisprudence among providers, payers and vendors to the healthcare industry and its patients; and delivery of healthcare services; all with an emphasis on operations, regulatory and transactional legal issues.
- Health insurance: A type of insurance coverage that pays for medical and surgical expenses incurred by the insured.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Health policy
- Wikipedia's article - Health policy
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