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National Health Service
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NHS
(1) National Health Service—UK A global term referring to the five single-payer publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. The NHS is the third largest employer in the world and provides health care free of charge to all those who have a right to stay in the UK
(2) Nurses’ Health Study—US
National Health Service
British medicine The 50+-yr-old UK government agency that controls the British form of socialized medicine. See Fund holding, Total purchasing.
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