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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.
healthcare system
Both Gesundheitswesen and Gesundheitssystem can refer to a state's institutions and people in the area of healthcare. Gesundheitswesen focuses more on the entire social and institutional sphere, while Gesundheitssystem focuses more on the organized interaction of these parts. In general statements, either is often possible; the perspective determines the choice.
Im Gesundheitswesen arbeiten Ärzte, Krankenhäuser und Krankenkassen zusammen.
Doctors, hospitals, and health insurance providers work together in the healthcare system.
Das Gesundheitssystem soll durch eine bessere Zusammenarbeit effizienter werden.
The healthcare system is supposed to become more efficient through better cooperation.
