The Conflation of Health and Healthcare
<p>Health is difficult to define while healthcare relates to the various services available. Recent election campaigns within the United- Kingdom seemed to conflate the terms health and healthcare. Healthcare investment is not a guarantee of improved health, a point the general public may full...
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Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health - Peertechz Publications,
2015-07-05.
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Summary: | <p>Health is difficult to define while healthcare relates to the various services available. Recent election campaigns within the United- Kingdom seemed to conflate the terms health and healthcare. Healthcare investment is not a guarantee of improved health, a point the general public may fully not appreciate. Recently, I attended a meeting in west Wales with a community group. Their interest in health was focused on healthcare, so we discussed an alternative model:Health determinants include alcohol intake, smoking, diet and exercise. Some of these will have underlying factors, such as poverty, low self-esteem or educational attainment.</p> |
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DOI: | 10.17352/2455-5479.000002 |