Definition of health service: refers to the sum of organizational system, systematic activities and social measures taken to improve people's health. These organizations and activities are led by the government and provide necessary financial subsidies for the purpose of pursuing social welfare.
Characteristics of health undertakings:
1. The government plays a leading role in medical care.
2. Health service aims at maintaining and promoting people's health.
3. National health service.
4. Systematicness and complexity of health undertakings.
Related content explanation:
Health care is a comprehensive social welfare action taken by the state and society to prevent and treat diseases and protect and improve residents' health. It is a complex and huge organizational system, in which there are different levels of subsystems, and the relationship between each level and each subsystem is interdependent and mutually restrictive. These relationships are influenced by both internal and external factors. Factors include social system, economic base, management level, cultural background, population status, scientific and technological development level, ecological environment and so on.
Health management is an activity that the government performs public health management functions, rationally allocates health resources, provides health services for residents, and ensures the development of health undertakings. Including formulating health policies, raising and allocating resources, establishing health service organizations, improving the health security system, providing basic medical and preventive health care services, and coordinating resources in all aspects of society.