__________ is the comprehensive system of essential health care that is focused on preventing illness and promoting health
a. Secondary health care
b. Tertiary health care
c. Strategic initiative care
d. Primary health care
d
a. Incorrect: Secondary health care is a specialized level of care in a variety of settings, such as community hospitals, home care, and long-term and chronic care settings. Someone usually refers individuals here from a primary health care level.
b. Incorrect: Tertiary care refers to the third level of care that provides more specialized care than found in a general or community hospital.
c. Incorrect: This is not a level or system of health care.
d. Correct: This is the definition of primary health care.
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