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...The World Health Organization (WHO) also includes, in addition to direct medical costs, the costs of normal pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, as well as health checkups, vaccinations, purchase of health medicines, the cost of glasses and prosthetics, and the cost of medical education and research, and calls these collectively health costs, which can also be called medical expenses in a broad sense. The above are medical expenses as seen from the perspective of those who receive medical services, but from the perspective of the provider, medical expenses are the production costs incurred to provide medical services. These include personnel costs such as compensation for doctors and other medical personnel, expenses for medicines, medical materials, and other property costs, as well as depreciation costs for buildings, facilities, medical equipment, and supplies. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "medical services" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…また世界保健機関(WHO)は，直接治療費のほかに，正常な妊娠･分娩･産褥（さんじよく）の費用や，健康診断，予防接種，保健薬購入，眼鏡･義肢の費用，医学の教育研究の費用などを加え，これらを総称して保健費用とよんでいるが，これを広義の医療費ということもできよう。以上は治療をうける医療サービスの需要者側からみた医療費であるが，他方その供給者側からみると医療費とは，医療サービスを供給するためにかかった生産費のことである。これには，医師ならびに医師以外の医療従事者に対する報酬などの人件費，薬剤･診療材料その他の物件費，さらに建物･設備･医療機器･備品等の減価償却費が含まれている。…

※「医療サービス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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