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healthcare system
The entire system of people, organizations, and institutions that serves to promote, maintain, and restore the health of the population. This includes doctors, hospitals, health insurance funds, and health policy.
Die Kosten im Gesundheitswesen steigen seit Jahren kontinuierlich an.
Costs in the healthcare system have been rising continuously for years.
The word is composed of 'Gesundheit' (health), the linking element '-s-', and 'Wesen' (system/overall structure). Here, 'Wesen' means something like 'System' (system) or 'Gesamtheit' (whole). So it is literally the 'Gesundheitssystem' (healthcare system).
Die Digitalisierung verändert das deutsche Gesundheitswesen stark.
Digitalization is changing the German healthcare system significantly.
'Gesundheitswesen' (healthcare system) is a formal term used mainly in politics, the media, administration, and academic texts. It is a word of written language.
Die Ministerin stellte eine neue Reform für das Gesundheitswesen vor.
The minister presented a new reform for the healthcare system.
Common combinations are 'die Kosten im Gesundheitswesen' (costs in the healthcare system), 'eine Reform des Gesundheitswesens' (a reform of the healthcare system), or 'im Gesundheitswesen arbeiten' (to work in the healthcare system).
Viele Menschen arbeiten in Deutschland im Gesundheitswesen, zum Beispiel als Ärzte oder Pfleger.
Many people in Germany work in the healthcare system, for example as doctors or nurses.
medicine
'die Medizin' and 'das Gesundheitswesen' both belong to the area of health, but they do not mean the same thing. 'Medizin' can mean the science and practice of treating illnesses. It can also be a medicine that you take for an illness. 'Gesundheitswesen', on the other hand, means the whole healthcare system: doctors, hospitals, health insurance funds, care, and policy. Learners may confuse the words because both often appear in texts about illness and treatment. When it is about a field, a treatment, or a medication, 'Medizin' fits. When it is about organizations and structures in a country, 'Gesundheitswesen' fits.
Das Gesundheitswesen braucht mehr Personal in Krankenhäusern und Pflegeheimen.
The healthcare system needs more staff in hospitals and nursing homes.
Die Ärztin sagt, dass ich die Medizin nach dem Essen nehmen soll.
The doctor says that I should take the medicine after eating.