GC: n
S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK235460/ (last access: 2 July 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/health-care (last access: 2 July 2024).
N: 1. – healthcare (n.): also health care, 1940, U.S. government-ese, from health (Old English hælþ “wholeness, a being whole, sound or well,” from Proto-Germanic *hailitho, from PIE *kailo- “whole, uninjured, of good omen”; cognates: Old English hal “hale, whole;” Old Norse heill “healthy;” Old English halig, Old Norse helge “holy, sacred;” Old English hælan “to heal”; with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho, see -th (2); of physical health in Middle English, but also “prosperity, happiness, welfare; preservation, safety.”) + care (Old English caru, cearu “sorrow, anxiety, grief,” also “burdens of mind; serious mental attention,” from Proto-Germanic *karo; cognates: Old Saxon kara “sorrow;” Old High German chara “wail, lament;” Gothic kara “sorrow, trouble, care;” German Karfreitag “Good Friday”), from PIE root *gar- “cry out, call, scream”; cognates: Irish gairm “shout, cry, call;” see garrulous. Different sense evolution in related Dutch karig “scanty, frugal,” German karg “stingy, scanty.” The sense development in English is from “cry” to “lamentation” to “grief.” Meaning “charge, oversight, protection” is attested c.1400, the sense in care of in addressing. To take care of “take in hand, do” is from 1580s.).
2. The care that is aimed at maintaining and restoring health through the prevention and treatment of diseases and that is provided by trained and licensed health professionals.
3. health care: term and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.
S: OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=health+care&searchmode=none (last access: 3 September 2014). 2 & 3. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=health+care&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 2 July 2024).
GC: healthcare
S: OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=health+care&searchmode=none (last access: 3 September 2014); COSNAUTAS (last access: 26 September 2015).
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CR: health insurance, medical care, primary care, randomization.
