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Life expectancy at birth in Croatia. Healthcare expenditures comprise 0.6% of private health insurance and public spending. [3] In 2012, Croatia spent 6.8% of its GDP on healthcare, [4] down from approximately 8% estimated in 2008, when 84% of healthcare spending came from public sources. [5]
The Czech Republic has a universal health care system, based on a compulsory insurance model, with fee-for-service care funded by mandatory employment-related insurance plans since 1992. [1] According to the 2018 Euro health consumer index , a comparison of healthcare in Europe , the Czech healthcare is ranked 14th, just behind Portugal and two ...
SNS logo SNS health center, Lourinhã SNS health extension in the village of Samuel, Soure municipality. The National Health Service (SNS) is the system by which the State assures the right to the health protection, in the terms established by the Portuguese Constitution. It was created in 1979 and operates under the supervision of the Ministry ...
The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was legislation signed by American President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the Democratically controlled House of ...
A subdistrict health promotion clinic, the most local level of healthcare infrastructure of MOPH, this one is in Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok Province. As of 2019, Thailand's population of 68 million is served by 927 government hospitals and 363 private hospitals with 9,768 primary care health units (SHPH clinics), responsible for Thai citizens’ health at the sub-district level. [1]
The hepatic portal system is a series of veins that carry blood from the capillaries of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas to capillaries in the liver. It is part of the body’s ...
A signature Braum's neon sign in Kansas. In 1957, William Henry "Bill" Braum [1] (1928–2020) [2] purchased his family's ice cream processing business based in Emporia, Kansas, as well as its "Peter Pan" retail ice cream chain; ten years later, the Peter Pan stores were sold, under the condition that the Braum family would not sell ice cream in Kansas for ten years.
Harris Health System is an integrated delivery system that provides healthcare services open to all residents of Harris County, Texas. It is the first accredited healthcare institution in Harris County to be designated as an NCQA Medical Home [ 2 ] and one of the largest in the country.