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Prenatal care
* begins from the onset of pregnancy.
* consists of much more than just monitoring the mother's diet and weight.
* cost-effective way to reduce medical costs.
* crucial step in insuring good health in any child.
* helps prepare women for a healthy pregnancy.
* improves pregnancy outcomes.
* includes risk assessment, medical treatment and health education.
* involves a series of regular examinations and tests by a physician or midwife.
* is an important part of every pregnancy
  - helping prepare that child for the world
  - considered a serious health condition
  - crucial for mother and child s mental and Physical health
  - especially important for women who are at increased medical or social risk
  - essential for the health of an unborn baby
  - health care and other services available to pregnant women as a fetus develops
* is important at all stages
  - for all women, even if they have been pregnant before and feel fine
  - to the health of the baby
  - included as a serious health condition
  - medical care while a woman is pregnant
* is the beginning of health care in a person's life
  - best way to assure a safe and healthy pregnancy
  - first responsibility of parenthood
  - health care a pregnant woman receives
  - very beneficial to the mother and the child
  - vital to the health of both mother and baby
* key factor in preventing preterm births and low birthweight babies
  - and very low birthweight babies
* provides a critical window of opportunity to screen and refer pregnant women.
* reduces the incidence of low birth weights.

Preventative care
* is critical for animals, just as it is for humans
  - important for identifying health problems before they become a major concern
  - now an important aspect of animal medicine
* reduces the potential risk of chronic disease and disability.

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Preventive care
* avoids both costs and suffering.
* forms the basis of the health-care system.
* includes physicians visits while an infant newborn in the hospital.
* is also an important consideration in regards to arthritis
  - an important component of a continuum of care
  - as important for animals as it is for humans and nutrition is the key
  - crucial to the overall well-being and development of a child
  - fundamental to achieving good oral health in a child patient
* is important at all ages, however, most important in older people
  - for children, who are prone to illness
  - just that, preventing tooth decay, gum disease and the loss of teeth
  - proactive care
  - routine care
  - the cornerstone of medicine
* is very important for every member of a family, including men
  - important, because birds are defensive animals
* keeps people healthier and saves money at the same time.
* part of providing cost-effective and efficient health care.

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Primary care
* brings health care as close as possible to where people live and work.
* diverse, changing, and critically important part of America's healthcare system.
* gives expecting mothers free check ups regularly until the baby is born.
* includes many health services
  - physicians specializing in family practice or internal medicine
  - women's and men's health care
* involves the assignment of caregivers to specific infants in a group setting.
* is an increasingly important component of the health care delivery system
  - central to managed care
  - first access health care
  - front line care that is comprehensive and person centered
* is medical aid
* is the cornerstone of all managed care systems
  - point at which a person first seeks assistance from the health care system
* remains the de facto major mental health care delivery system.

Proper care
* can keep kidneys running properly well into old age.
* helps life.
* is important for extending the life of fresh flower arrangements
  - to the health of any tree
* leads to production.