Health in general. What is health, vocabulary related with health, and health care systems.(Made by Fernando Arévalo).


WHAT IS HEALTH
As defined by World Health Organization (WHO), it is a "State of complete physical, mental, and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Health is a dynamic condition resulting from a body's constant adjustment and adaptation in response to stresses and changes in the environment for maintaining an inner equilibrium called homeostasis.
KEY WORDS REALATED WITH HEALTH
health,
nurse,
to have a temperature,
to get a bruise,
illness,
injection,
to have a cough,
to get burnt,
disease,
medicine,
to have diarrhoea,
to lose one's appetite,
injury,
pill,
to have a rash,
to be allergic to,
blood,
prescription,
to feel sick,
to vomit,
hospital,
vaccine,
to feel dizzy,
to hurt,
doctor,
to take an aspirin,
to faint,
to swell,
family doctor,
to take a medicine,
heart attack and
flu.

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
A health system, also sometimes referred to as health care system or as healthcare system, is the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations.
There is a wide variety of health systems around the world, with as many histories and organizational structures as there are nations. Implicitly, nations must design and develop health systems in accordance with their needs and resources, although common elements in virtually all health systems are primary healthcare and public health measures.[1] In some countries, health system planning is distributed among market participants. In others, there is a concerted effort among governments, trade unions, charities, religious organizations, or other co-ordinated bodies to deliver planned health care services targeted to the populations they serve. However, health care planning has been described as often evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
There are generally five primary methods of funding health systems:
  1. general taxation to the state, county or municipality
  2. national health insurance
  3. voluntary or private health insurance
  4. out-of-pocket payments
  5. donations to charities

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