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health care industry
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health care industry,
the complex of preventive, remedial, and therapeutic services provided by hospitals and other institutions, nurses, doctors, dentists, medical administrators, government agencies, voluntary agencies, noninstitutional care facilities, pharmaceutic and medical equipment manufacturers, and health insurance companies.


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In the case of many health care professions, colleges and universities are the sole preparer of new entrants.
23) Economic changes in health care, health system reorganization, and, more recently, the rise of the Internet and other sources of publicly available health information were leading to a "deprofessionalization" of the health care professions.
The scholarships are awarded based on need and academic performance, but Plunkett said that the primary yardstick is the students' pursuit of a health care profession.
 
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