AWBZ
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The AWBZ is a Dutch health care
law which first came into effect in 1968. Its full title is the Algemene Wet Bijzondere Ziektekosten ("general law on exceptional medical expenses").
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
law which first came into effect in 1968. Its full title is the Algemene Wet Bijzondere Ziektekosten ("general law on exceptional medical expenses").