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Definition

care activities, services, management or supplies related to the health of an individual

 

This is a concrete item and can be implemented directly

Term: healthcare; 
Plural: healthcares; 

Notes

NOTE 1 to entry: This includes more than performing procedures for subjects of care . It includes, for example, the management of information about patients, health status and relations within the healthcare delivery framework and may also include the management of clinical knowledge.

Examples

Diagrammatic representation

Simple graph - healthcare

Required associations

one or more subjects of care seeks to receive, is receiving, or has received one or more healthcares
one or more healthcare actors participates in one or more healthcares
a number of healthcares relates to exactly one health

Optional associations

a number of healthcare providers provides one or more healthcares
a number of continuityies of care relates to the delivering of a number of healthcares
a number of healthcares is financed by a number of healthcare fundss

Generalisations

healthcare

Specialisations

healthcare