private medicine
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private medicine — n [U] BrE the system in which medical treatment and advice is not provided by the government but is paid for by the patient or their insurance company →↑NHS … Dictionary of contemporary English
private medicine — noun uncount MAINLY BRITISH medical treatment that people pay for directly, not the treatment that is provided free by the government … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
private medicine — noun (U) BrE the system in which medical treatment and advice is not provided by the government but is paid for by the person who needs it, or by their insurance company compare NHS … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
private medicine — UK / US noun [uncountable] medical treatment that people pay for directly, not the treatment that is provided free by the government … English dictionary
private practice — n 1) practice of a profession (as medicine) independently and not as an employee 2) the patients depending on and using the services of a physician in private practice … Medical dictionary
private nurse — private duty nurse a nurse who attends an individual patient, usually on a fee for service basis, and who may specialize in a specific class of diseases … Medical dictionary
Private healthcare — or private medicine is healthcare and medicine provided by entities other than the government. The term is generally used more in Europe and other countries which have publicly funded health care, to differentiate the arrangement from the usual… … Wikipedia
private — pri·vate prī vət adj 1) of, relating to, or receiving hospital service in which the patient has more privileges than a semiprivate or ward patient 2) of, relating to, or being private practice <a private office> <a private… … Medical dictionary
private-duty — pri·vate du·ty d(y)üt ē adj caring for a single patient either in the home or in a hospital <a private duty nurse> … Medical dictionary
medicine — noun 1 science of treating/preventing illness ADJECTIVE ▪ modern ▪ advances in modern medicine ▪ traditional ▪ qualified in traditional Chinese medicine ▪ folk … Collocations dictionary
