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Previously administered by the World Health Organization, the partnership is now hosted by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). [40] [90] Tuberculosis: Switzerland (Geneva) 2000: Organization: The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is launched by the World Health Organization. During a medical crisis, this ...
History of health care may refer to History of medicine; History of hospitals; History of nursing; History of surgery; History of pathology; History of pharmacy;
The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System (1995) history to 1920 table of contents and text search; Rosner, David. A Once Charitable Enterprise: Hospitals and Health Care in Brooklyn and New York 1885–1915 (1982) Starr, Paul.
The history of public health in the United states studies the US history of public health roles of the medical and nursing professions; scientific research; municipal sanitation; the agencies of local, state and federal governments; and private philanthropy. It looks at pandemics and epidemics and relevant responses with special attention to ...
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine (2001) excerpt and text search excerpt and text search; Singer, Charles, and E. Ashworth Underwood. A Short History of Medicine (2nd ed. 1962) Watts, Sheldon. Disease and Medicine in World History (2003), 166pp online Archived 26 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
History of U.S. Health Care 1930s: Great Depression and the birth of health plans that primarily covered the cost of hospital stays. 1942: Creation of employer-sponsored health care in the wake of ...
An efficient health care system can contribute to a significant part of a country's economy, development, and industrialization. Health care is an important determinant in promoting the general physical and mental health and well-being of people around the world. [5]
In its 2000 assessment of world health systems, the World Health Organization found that France provided the "best overall health care" in the world. [134] In 2005, France spent 11.2% of GDP on health care, or US$3,926 per capita. Of that, approximately 80% was government expenditure. [66]