GC: n

S: http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/Pages/default.aspx (last access: 2 September 2014); http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/02/america-medical-care-system-health-care-system.html (last access: 26 September 2015).

N: The medical and surgical treatment including necessary drugs and dressings, diagnostic and investigational procedures, hospitalization, preventive medicine procedures, transportation as a patient, and the supply and maintenance of prosthetic appliances, and includes professional care, in-patient care and out-patient care.

S: TERMIUMPLUS (last access: 26 September 2015)

SYN: 1. medical attention (context). 2. medical attendance (context).

S: 1. DAFSM p. 110; TERMIUMPLUS. 2. DAFSM p. 110.

CR: health care, health insurance.