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  2. Preventive healthcare - Wikipedia

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    Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. [1] Disease and disability are affected by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, disease agents, and lifestyle choices, and are dynamic processes that begin before individuals realize they are affected.

  3. Preventive Health: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

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    Preventive health refers to routine care you receive in order to maintain your health. It’s key to diagnosing medical conditions before they become a problem. Preventing serious diseases before ...

  4. Health Check: What is Preventative Care? - WebMD

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    Preventative care helps you catch medical problems before they become major.

  5. What is Covered by Preventative Healthcare Insurance?

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    Preventive health insurance is exactly what it sounds like: a plan that covers care received in order to prevent the onset of illness. Historically, most plans have covered preventive care at ...

  6. Health care - Wikipedia

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    Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals and allied health fields. Medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, midwifery, nursing, optometry ...

  7. What Is a Nurse Practitioner? What They Do, When to ... - WebMD

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    The states that pay the most have an annual mean wage of $132,000 to $162,000. Those include: ... A nurse is a health care professional who has studied nursing. After graduation, nurses take ...

  8. What Is Chronic Care Management? - WebMD

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    5 min read. Chronic care management (CCM) is a billable Medicare service that’s meant to improve the lives of both patients and physicians. You qualify for CCM services if you have Medicare and ...

  9. Palliative Care: What It Is, Examples, Benefits, More

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    Palliative care is a growing field of medicine. It aims to improve the quality of life of people with serious or life-altering illnesses. Each person’s care varies but can involve physical ...